HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

‘Meeting the individual needs of all students’

RESPECT RESPONSIBILTY TEAMWORK

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Musical Talent

HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

2017

Term 2

June

Friday 30th June

Casual Clothes day

P& F Special Lunch P-6

Reports Distributed

End of Term

Term 3

July Monday 17th July School Resumes

Tuesday 18th July

Federation University Visit Year 9/10/12

Wednesday 26th July Parents Club Meeting

7.30pm College Library

Hopetoun P-12 College

Phone 5083 3203 Fax 5083 3016 Email: hopetoun.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Hopetoun P-12 College is a Child Safe School

Principal’s Report

Term 2 is coming to a close with a flurry of activities. The Year 10-12 students went to the Careers Expo in Horsham earlier this week, we have a casual dress day tomorrow to raise funds for Headspace and we had a superb end-of-term assembly on Tuesday. The assembly featured a display of the musi-cal talents of our students. Bryndal Sinclair, Tahlia Jones, Declan Brown, Jaiden Cook and Kaden Petschel entertained us with music they are learning as part of our instrumental music program. These students have been learning to play various instruments under the tutelage of Mr Wright who is employed one day per week to run the instrumental music program. All of the students are in the very early stages of learning to play, but all showed that they have musical talent. They entertained the enthralled audience earlier this week and we are looking forward to more performances later in the year.

By all accounts the Careers Expo held in Horsham earlier in the week was excellent. There were many information sessions available on a broad range of careers for the students to attend and a range of new ideas and options were brought to life for the students. A huge amount of work went into the planning and delivery of the Expo. Our students were lucky to be able to access such a high-quality exhibition where so many different occupations were represented in one location.

Student Reports

Considerable work has gone into preparing and presenting the mid-year student reports. The reports capture the academic achievement of students throughout semester one. They also comment on work habits, which cover areas such as displaying the school values, organisation, effort and behav-iour.

Teachers have provided an achievement level for each of the subjects, as represented by the large black dots. This also shows whether the student is achieving at, above or below the expected level. The levels equate with year levels. There are also descriptive reports on what has been achieved and areas for improvement have been suggested by the teacher for most subjects.

The reports are comprehensive and provide a evidence of where your child is at, now, mid-way through the school year. It is important that you read the report with your child, discuss their pro-gress and attitude, check their attendance and talk about areas for improvement. The three ‘As’ of attendance, attitude and achievement are central to progress and growth.

Five-Year Plan

The Hopetoun Courier captures the direction well; “P-12 vision sees the forest for the trees”. School Council has a strategic approach to rejuvenate the school environs. Work is well underway out the front of the school (shade shelter, tree removal, replanting, concreting, pathways, watering system) as well as out the back (removal of old trade centre, small shade shelter, paving, Hands on Learning shed, pathways). The VCAL ‘farmyard’ is also taking shape down the Lascelles Street end of the grounds. There is a lot more work to be done and, as School Council president, Simon Cook, noted in the Courier, thanks go to the many volunteers who are putting in the time and effort to make these improvements.

Coming Up

The school holidays are with us … well almost with us. I hope everyone has a restful and relaxing holi-day. Senior students will have work to do and all should be reading over the holidays. Our Year 12 students are heading to Melbourne for intensive study sessions during the first week of the holidays. Thanks go to Miss Digby, Mr Price and Mrs Wright for accompanying the students during the three-day trip. Have a great holiday everyone. Graeme Holmes Principal

Parents Club Meeting

Wednesday July 26th

7-30pm

Library

SCHOOL SOCIAL AND

FORMAL

28th July, 2017

Term 3

Commences

Monday 17th

July

W Weekly Student Award

Well done to the following students for receiving Student of the Week

31st May School Council

Wednesday

31st May School

Council

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILTY

TEAM WORK

Homework Club Thursday

3-20pm until 4-00pm

Prep—Year 6

Room 4

Secondary

Year 7—12

Room 5

Katelyn Smith

For showing a positive attitude and following all instructions at the

Winter Sports.

Katelyn did not com-plain and did her very best even when asked

to play for Tyrrell against Hopetoun.

Great work, Katelyn

Parents Club Meeting

Wednesday July 26th

7-30pm

Library

Tamika Brown

For being a wonderful role model to all her peers at the Winter Sports. Tami-ka showed great team-

work when coaching the Junior Netball team and was a fair and respectful competitor on the court.

Well done, Tamika.

Kiana Marshman

For being a wonderful role model to all her peers at the

Winter Sports. Kiana showed great teamwork

when coaching the Junior Netball team and was fair

and respectful competitor on the court.

Well done, Kiana.

Dylan Marshman

For showing respect for the school by being a respectful

competitor and boundary umpire at the Winter Sports. Dylan, you are a wonderful ambassador for the school,

well done.

1. Reduce stress levels: time off

can help reduce stress levels making you feel happier and healthier.

2. Re-connect: holidays can help you reconnect with friends and family and appreciate those who are important.

3. Get inspired: recharge your batteries and take time to take in the sunshine, laughter, good food, exercise and adventure.

4. Sleep better: to rest well is good for the mind, body and soul.

5. Find a balance: a balanced di-et is healthy for your body but so is healthy living. All work and no play can be just as detri-mental as all sugar and no fruit and vegetables. Strike a balance for a healthy existence.

6. Take some quality time: enjoy your time off and spend it doing things you love. Come back to school refreshed and eager to learn and grow.

Every day counts

facts Here’s 6 reasons why holidays are

good for you! Not only are they good fun but they are good for your

health too.

FedUni Schools Outreach invites you

to the…

‘Focus on your Future’ Year 9 Work-

shop & Presentation

At: Hopetoun P-12 College

Date: Tuesday 18 July

Time: 3:30pm

No cost- All family members welcome

Afternoon Tea Provided, Activities and

Student Presentations

RSVP to the office by Thursday 29th

June

MATES was the brain child of Wim-mera Southern Mallee LLEN and first began in 2011, now 6 years later, over 400 children have benefited. The MA-TES Mentoring program provides posi-tive role models who mentor, assist, tar-get, engage and enhance the skills and life experiences of young people. For one hour, every second week during school hours, volunteers within the com-munity spend valuable time with their ‘mate’. The Mentor role is that of a friend, positive role model and guide who would take a personal interest in a child’s growth and development. Hopetoun P-12 College has been active-ly involved in the mates program for 3 years with the results being extremely positive for both the mentee and mentor. To ensure this beneficial program can continue we are looking for more men-toring volunteers, so if you are over 18 and have a genuine desire to make a dif-ference in a young person’s life, please read the attached brochure and contact Nicki Bellinger at the school.

mates mentor assist target engage

skills

Every day counts in your holidays too, make the

most of each day.

SPORTS UPDATE – From Mr Robins Winter Sport @ Sea Lake 22/06/17 Last Thursday our Years 6-12 students ventured across to Sea Lake to compete in football, netball and badminton for the Winter Sports day. It was a foggy start but we were treated to a great day once the fog lifted. Results didn’t go completely our way with the senior netballers being our only winners for the day. Although the endeavour and sportsmanship shown by our students has to be commended. Thanks to all staff for their help on the day and to the students for representing the school, displaying the three school values right throughout the day. Results: Junior Football: Tyrrell def Hopetoun/Rainbow Senior Football: Tyrrell def Hopetoun/Rainbow Junior netball: Tyrrell def Hopetoun/Rainbow Senior Netball: Hopetoun/Rainbow def Tyrrell Badminton: Tyrrell def Hopetoun/Rainbow

Warracknabeal Leisure Centre

July - School Holiday

Program 2017

for Kinder & Primary School Age Children

at the Warracknabeal Leisure Centre

33 Anderson St

$5.00 per session per child

“Plaster Paints”

Thursday July 6th

- 12md – 1.30pm

& Friday July 7th - 2.30pm – 4.00pm

W 3Working Bee1st May School Council

Wednesday 31st May

School Council

A Book I Would Love to Read...

A book I loved reading is “Cry Baby” because it reminds me of what I felt in life and of things that hurt me. It helped me fix them and made things right and better. “Cry Baby” is about a teen girl and her so-called friends being mean to her. They are mean to her every day and she is upset every day but, at the end of the book, they find her crying in the carpark. They asked her what they did and they sorted things out and became friends again. Cheyanne

A book I would like to read is an autobiography about a sportsman. I

like these sorts of books because they are easy to read and are very interesting. I like reading about how hard they worked to get to where they are now and what struggles they had to overcome during

the younger ages of their lives. Jonty

A book I would love to read is about a race-horse’s life. I love reading these books because

I will learn more about a certain horse and learn what they did to be successful. One of the books I read was called Black Caviar and I

when I read it, I learnt new things that interest-ed me. In the book, there was heaps of infor-mation that I never knew about the horse. I

can’t wait to read more books like this because I can learn how different horses became suc-cessful and got to where they are now from the

day they were born. Krystal

I would like to read a book about the back-ground of the AFL, how it originated and how it

has become a huge success. I

would like to read this book be-cause I enjoy playing and watch-

ing footy. This would be one of the only books that I would choose myself because it intrigues me.

Harry

A New Kind of Dreaming The writer, Anthony Eaton, has made the words on the pages come to life. He has construct-ed the novel so far as though you can see it happening. You can feel what the characters are feeling and the eeriness of it all. The way you already have an idea of the confidence and composedness of the characters at such and early stage of the novel, is amazing. The description of the boat scene has set a frightening and inhuman visual image. Kiana So far, the book has taken a fast and gruesome turn into the eyes of someone who has seen something so disgusting and horrifying that will torture and mock his dreams forever. Seeing a dead body of a man would be hard enough, but just imagine being one of the men who saw a pile of dead bodies and unfortunately for him, the pile was full of dead men, women and children. To be honest I would never even punish my worst enemy with a sight like what the men saw. Latanya

My Strengths The phrase, “my strengths” refers to a person’s many positives about themselves. The two major forms of strength are physical and mental. Physical strength describes how strong a person’s body is and how much strain they can put their body through. Some people train their whole lives to be better than everyone and reach their personal idea of “physical perfection”. The other major strength category is mental strength, which refers to how powerful a person’s mind and will-power is. Unlike physical strength, your brain gets a workout every day. Even if you don’t think you’re doing much, you are using it by listening to people or reading, which educates you. Being put in difficult situations requires you to use your problem solving skills and analyse situations which improve your common sense, so that next time you are placed in a similar situation you will have more knowledge of what to do. People don’t usually think to themselves, “I’m going to get smarter today,” instead it’s a passive skill which every person has developed. Some people find it easier to learn than others and have different ways of obtaining information but, nevertheless, everyone still learns and gets smarter every day. Dallas

Suitcase Task - 3 Days In

I woke up this morning feeling refreshed; the jetlag has finally worn off! The resort is amazing! My room overlooks the wa-ter, which is unusually, but gorgeously clear. Today I’ll be going snorkelling. I’m really excited to see all of the fish up close and the reefs! Snorkelling is the activity I’ve been anticipating the most. Later on this afternoon I’ll be going hik-ing with a few other travellers. You can see the mountains on the other side of the resort and they’re kind of breathtaking… They rocket high into the clouds and are covered with thick greenery. I can’t wait to get to the top and see the view! Jess

I’m there and I’m tired. The last two days have been long, but exciting. Today it’s time to relax though. The first two days

were all about trying to find my way around but today I can finally rest. I’m going to a spa; a really nice one too, it has natu-ral steam and all. No feet pounding the pavement, no trying to find my way back in the middle of the night! Just a nice sim-ple spa day for myself before the sightseeing starts back up again. After that, I’ll chill at a café and get some lunch then

I’ll go back to my hotel and chillax. So today is going to be the one day - the one and only – that I spend holed up in my hotel room. I reckon tomorrow though, once I’m revitalised, I’ll go and visit art galleries. This trip, I hope, is going to be peaceful!

Winter Sports at

Sea Lake

SWPBS

EGG DROP CHALLENGE