HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

‘Meeting the individual needs of all students’

RESPECT RESPONSIBILTY TEAMWORK

T H U R S D A Y 9 T H M A R C H 2 0 1 7

I S S U E 6

Little Desert Swimming Champions

BEGINNING Secondary)

Tuesday 7th March

Friday 31st March

Hopetoun P-12 College

House Athletics Sports

(P-12)

Little Desert Swimming Dim-

boola (Secondary)

Friday 31st March

Hopetoun P-12 College

House Athletics Sports

Friday 31st March

Hopetoun P-12 College

House Athletics Sports

(P-12)

(P-12)

HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

2017

Term 1

March

Wednesday 15th March Parent -Teacher Interviews

Friday 24th March

GWR Swimming

at Ballarat

(Primary and Secondary)

Friday 31st March

Hopetoun P-12 College

House Athletics Sports

(7-12)

Last Day of Term 1

Term 2

April Tuesday 18th April

Pupil Free Day

Start of 2nd Term

Wednesday 26th April Parents Club Meeting

7.30pm @ 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

Under 15 Boys

Champion—

Flynn Grace

Under 16 Girls

Champion—

Kiana Marshman

Under 17 Boys

Champion—

Dylan Marshman

Principal’s Report

Parent Teacher Interviews Parent Teacher Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday 15th March from 1.30pm to 6.30pm. Thank you to the parents of primary school students who returned the Parent Teacher Interview forms so promptly. We have allocated times based on the responses. It is now time for the second-ary students to book times with teachers. Forms with allocated booking times will be returned to students shortly. Secondary students will then be able to make bookings with individual teachers. Booking can be made at lunchtime tomorrow (Friday 10th) or at lunchtime on Tuesday 14th March. They can also catch up with teachers during class times to make bookings for PTIs on Wednesday 15th. If you have any questions as to the process, timeline or expectations around Parent Teacher Inter-views please contact me (Graeme Holmes) or Assistant Principal Ms Penman on 50833203.

School Council School Council held its Annual General Meeting last night. I am pleased to announce that Ross Brown and Adrian Horman have nominated for Council and are duly elected. Executive positions were filled at the AGM. The leaders of College Council for 2017/18 are:

A list of sub-committee members is available later in this newsletter. A major goal of the Council for this year is to continue the improvement of the school grounds and buildings, especially by moving the shade structures onto the Dodgshun Street campus, overseeing the demolition of the old trade wing, improve the watering system, connect to the pipe water, devel-op a master plan for the school grounds and beautify the front of the school. It is an exciting time for the school as there are many projects in the planning stages and staff, stu-dents, School Council and Parents and Friends are working positively and cooperatively to continue to improve the school and maintain a strong focus on improving student learning.

Student Representative Council (SRC) There is an active SRC working to improve the wellbeing of students as well as to support community and fund raising events. The SRC is led by Chelsea Michael (President) and ably supported by Rocket Lea (Secretary) and Angelika Hakopa (Treasurer). Angelika and Amalie (School Captain) are members of School Council and they report actions and raise issues at Council meetings. It is imperative that students have clear processes and lines of communication to air their views. In this way we will en-sure that we can address the wellbeing of our students and respond to their ideas to the best of our ability.

Swimming Sports Congratulations to the eighteen students who competed in the secondary swimming sports earlier this week. We had many wins and places. Three outstanding performances were recorded by Dylan Marshman, Kiana Marshman and Flynn Grace in winning their age championship awards. Well done Dylan, Kiana and Flynn.

Some reminders Check your child’s hair regularly for head lice.

Safety on buses is a high priority.

Students must wear hats outside at recess and lunchtime – burgundy bucket hats are available for

$5 at the school office.

Graeme Holmes Principal

President Simon Cook

Vice President Jamie Frankel

Secretary Viv Penman

Treasurer Tim Hallam

Check out Hopetoun P-12 College Facebook page

Homework Club

Thursday

3-20pm until 4-00pm

Prep—Year 6

Room 4

Secondary

Year 7—12

Room 5

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

WEDNESDAY 15TH MARCH, 2017

1-30PM—6-30PM

Hopetoun P-12 College

House Athletics Sports

Secondary Friday 31st March

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

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Hopetoun P-12 College

School Council Committees 2017

Finance Buildings & Grounds

Policy P& F Representative

Tim Hallam (Convenor) Simon Cook Viv Penman Angelika Hakopa Graeme Holmes

Simon Cook

(Convenor) Jamie Frankel Ross Brown Nicki Bellinger David Baulch Adrian Horman Graeme Holmes

Graeme Holmes (Convenor) Julie Grace Natasha Anderson Leah Papadakis Amelie Petschel Maxine Wright

Julie Grace

Geoffrey Box For supporting and as-sisting fellow students

(individually) to complete the set/demonstrated

tasks in textiles. Geof-frey is also helpful with setting up and packing

up equipment. Well done Geoffrey

Jaylah Collins-Lester for listening and following instructions at all times.

Jaylah is a very considerate class

member.

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILTY

TEAM WORK

Tahlia Jones for working persistently and positively in Maths.

Tahlia always asks ques-tions, aims high and is

willing to have a go. Fantastic work Tahlia.