HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

‘Meeting the individual needs of all students’

RESPECT RESPONSIBILTY TEAMWORK

T H U R S D A Y 7 T H S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 7

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ATHLETIC

SPORTS

Age

Champions

HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

2017

Term 3

August

Tuesday 12th September

Little Desert Athletics (Primary) Horsham

Wednesday 13th September School Council Meeting

Tuesday 19th September

Year 7 Transition

Friday 22nd September Primary Special Lunch

School Finishes @ 2-30pm

Term 4

Monday 9th October School Resumes

Thursday, 12th October &

Friday 13th October Year 2/3/4 Tandarra Camp

Halls Gap

Tuesday 24th—27th October

Year 5/6 Urban Camp—Melbourne

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

Declan Brown

12 Year Old Champion

Cody Frankel

10 year Old Champion

Principal’s Report

Cluster Sports Day

Our primary students had a great day at the cluster sports last week. There were some amazing per-formances and it was great to hear about the willingness and endeavour of the students when partici-pating in the events. Congratulations to Declan and Cody on winning the age champions.

Some of our students will be progressing on to the Little Desert Athletics in Horsham next week. We wish them all the best.

Hands on Learning Team

Our Hands on Learning team has been working hard assisting the Show Committee. They have been going over to the show grounds each Wednesday morning to paint, repair and generally help to get things ready for the big day. A new HoL member, Geoffrey, has joined the team and has settled in quickly.

Student Interim Reports

The term 3 interim reports are due to be released for all students next Thursday. These reports indi-cate the effort your child has put in to their learning as well as their overall achievement in each sub-ject. The interim report also shows your child’s approach to our school values. I urge you to check through the report and, if you have any concerns, contact the school as soon as possible to arrange a meeting with the teacher, Year Level Coordinator or myself.

Staff Professional Learning

Staff held a highly productive curriculum day earlier this week. We covered a wide range of topics. We looked at the progress we have made as a school on implementing our improvement strategies and the impact those strategies are having on student learning. We then commenced planning for our 2018 improvement strategies which are aimed at improving learning across the school. Another activity was to look at the recently completed student survey data which indicates that we have high expectations, our transition programs are going well and we use teaching time effectively. We had a presentation from Mr Baulch, Mrs Wright and Mr Price on a program called Respectful Relationships, and closed the day with some administrative matters.

The curriculum day was followed-up with a professional learning session on Tuesday focussing on building our understanding of students’ special abilities. The session was facilitated by Mr Matt Cop-ping, Principal of the Horsham Special School. He reminded us of the uniqueness of every student and provided strategies for addressing the social, emotional and sensory needs of students. Graeme Holmes Principal

Hopetoun & District Preschool are hosting an information night for

ALL 2018 parents.

This session will provide parents with information regarding the program, logis-

tics and roles to be fulfilled by parents/guardians.

Date: Tuesday 19th September

Time: 7pm

Location: Hopetoun Preschool

Supper will be provided

KAYES KOLLECTION

Could all uniform orders for 2018

please be given to

Kayes Kollection by September 15th

Year 10 & 11 Work Experience

Week 18-22

nd September

Transition Day for Year 6 and Kinder Students Tuesday 19

th September

Wednesday 13th September

Little Desert Athletics

(Primary) Horsham Tuesday 12th September

Weekly Student Award

Well done to the following students for receiving

Students of the Week

Homework Club

Thursday

3-20pm until 4-00pm

Prep—Year 6

Room 4

Secondary

Year 7—12

Room 5

RESPECT RESPONSIBILTY TEAM WORK

SHAKE RATTLE &

READ

HEALTHY

ACTIVE KIDS

Proud Sponsors of our

VCAL Program

Isabella Grace Connor Mclean

Ash Chamberlain Kiana Marshman

Jacob Holm Jack Bellinger

For displaying wonderful teamwork and guidance

while coaching our juniors in athletics.

Your enthusiasm was very much appreciated.

Bronte Michael For her consistent dis-

play of respect and lead-ership shown in our Bud-

dies session. Well done Bronte, you are a wonderful role

model.

SPORTS UPDATE – From Mr Robins

SML Cluster Aths @ Rainbow The Southern Mallee Lakes Cluster Aths day was held last Friday at Rainbow, with a beautiful day greeting students, staff and parents. The day ran very smoothly thanks to the help and support of par-ents and our VCE PE students who assisted with events and student organisation. The day was en-joyed by all students with some great efforts in the individual events followed up by some great wins in the relays! Congratulations to Declan Brown (12 y/o boys) and Cody Frankel (10 y/o boys) who claimed their age championship for the day. Well done also to the following students who have progressed onto the next stage, which will be in Horsham next Tuesday 12th of September:

Declan Brown (Shot Put, Long Jump & Relay)

Ryan Carter Sprint, Distance & Relay) Zack Carter (High Jump, Sprint & Relay)

Mitchell Palmer (Triple Jump, High jump & Relay) Cody Frankel (Discus & Distance)

Heidi Gilmour (Sprint, Long Jump & Relay)

** Information for this went home with students on Wednesday. Transport to this event is once again parent responsibility or

by personal arrangement **

CONGRATULATIONS

Grades P-3 are our

‘Perfect Attendance’

winners for Term 3 Every day Counts Competition

Week seven results:

Please send a note, ring or email

to explain your child’s absences.

Grade

P-3

Grade

4-6

Year

7-8

Year

9-10

Year

11-12

89%

98% 90% 81% 87%

WEDNESDAY SPORT (Soccer SEPEP)

Round 6 (Deklin/Cheyanne) Hopetoun FC v Pluto Score: 0-1 Goals: Not Submitted Best: Not Submitted Uranus v Ninja Warriors Score: 0-3 Goals: Not Submitted Best: Not Submitted

Round 7 (Sharky/Bonnie) Uranus v Sharp Shooters Score: 1-1 Goals: Tristan, Jaiden Best: Jaiden, Krystal, Cheyanne Hopetoun FC v Ninja Warriors Score: 0-3 Goals: Ben, Amber Best: Kaden, Amber, Goeffrey

Round 8 (Krystal/Bryndal) Ninja Warriors v Pluto Score: 2-1 Goals: Declan 2, Ben 1 Best: Declan, Kaden, Ryan Sharp Shooters v Hopetoun FC Score: 2-1 Goals: Geoffrey 1, Tristan 1, Deklin 1 Best: Geoffrey, Tristan, Harry

Round 9 (Seisia/Michayla) Hopetoun FC v Uranus Score: 5-2 Goals: Katelyn, Jaiden, Geoffrey, Harry Best: Jaiden, Krystal, Geoffrey Pluto v Sharp Shooters Score:2-1 Goals: Declan, Tristan Best: Ryan, Tristan, Cynnamon

Round 10 (Katherine/Katelyn) Sharp Shooters v Ninja Warriors Score: 3-2 Goals: Ben, Deklan R, Tristan Best: Cynnamon, Ben, Michayla Uranus v Pluto Score: 3-2 Goals: Ryan, Jaiden, Oliver, Declan Best: Oliver, Neha, Tahlia

Team P W L D For Ag Diff Points

Sharp Shooters 8 6 1 1 22 10 +12 19

Ninja Warriors 8 4 1 3 18 14 +4 13

Pluto 8 3 4 1 11 17 -6 10

Uranus 8 2 3 3 13 19 -6 9

Hopetoun FC 8 2 6 0 13 17 -4 6

Hopetoun P-12 College Presentation Ball

Committee Meeting

Thursday 21st September 2017,

7-30pm in the library

Any student participating in the presentation ball is required to have a parent or

guardian to attend.

Year 11 Melbourne Camp

At 7.30 on Monday morning a group of bright and bubbly teenagers hopped onto the VLine bus on our way to Melbourne, due to arrive at 1.30pm. Upon our arrival we dropped our bags at YHA accommodation and headed towards the CBD for orientation. Many of us hadn’t been to Melbourne before so this was quite daunting for some. After exploring (and getting geographically misplaced) we headed to the Channel 10 studios to watch ‘The Project’ in the live audience. We then travelled back to Melbourne Central

to eat at the ‘Wood n’ Chimney’.

After an earlier than anticipated start on Tuesday, we headed to the ‘Queen Victoria Mar-kets’ which were just around the corner. While the boys enjoyed shopping the girls man-aged to get lost right in the middle. After being saved by the boys we all made our way to

Melbourne University where we were given useful hints for after school and then explored the cam-pus on a guided tour. After our tour we looked around some accommodation options the uni provid-ed. After we found lunch we journeyed to ‘Bounce’ in Essendon. We all had a bit of fun with dodge ball, wall climbing and a foam pit, until the competition picked up and Jack managed to wreck his an-kle once again. We ate dinner in ‘Crown Casino’ and then went to ‘Galactic Circus’ where some of us played in the arcade. Many of us faced our fears of heights later on, on the ‘Eureka Skydeck’, going out on the ‘Edge’.

Waking up was harder on Wednesday, we headed out to the ‘Melbourne Sealife Aquarium’

where we had to complete chemistry worksheets, including water testing, on a behind the scenes VCE tour. At the end of our tour we ate lunch in Bourke Street and then we travelled up to RMIT University. We had a brief information session and then concluded it with an amazing race around the university, with Jacob and Dylan taking out the top position. We were then given a few hours to explore Melbourne, with the boys going to

Melbourne Central and playing laser tag while the girls went shopping in Bourke Street Mall. We met up and walked in the rain to the Greek Restaurant, Stalactites, for dinner where we all tried souvla-kis. Afterwards there was more walking to watch the Broadway production of Aladdin!

After another hard wakeup and drowsy breakfast on Thursday, we made our way out to Homesglen TAFE, where we got a site tour and got to see some of the trades in action. After another train ride out to Elsternwick, we split up for lunch, then went to the Jewish Holocaust Centre. We all learned heaps from our guided tour and from listening to survivor, Gary’s story. At the end of the tour we walked a few blocks over and saw ‘The Block’ site from this year’s series. Then we split up once again where the boys went back to Galactic Circus and the girls went shopping in Bourke street Mall once again. When we met again, we travelled out to St Kilda for our Vegan Night at Trippy Taco’s! Later that night Bailey had organised for us to go watch a movie. The choice was ‘Anabelle Creation’, after a long wait outside the theatre we all got in late. It was quite a scary movie.

Friday was the hardest morning we had in terms of waking up. We packed our bags, locked them up and made our way to ice-skating! Only a few of us did it due to various inju-ries among the group. We all had a bit of fun and there were many bruised knees by the end of it. At the end of this we all walked around the corner to the Melbourne Star, it was an en-

joyable ride and the views were amazing! We had an Etihad Stadium Tour and then made our way to Southern Cross Station for our long journey home.

Siblings

Siblings,

They annoy you,

Make you angry,

But, you still love them,

Not because they are your family,

But because you choose to.

They can be your best friends,

And at times your worst enemies

But, beneath it all, there is family love.

Michayla

If I Had a Super Power

If I ever had a super power I would be 100 times faster.

I would help the people in towers and fires,

And defeat the villains and nasty liars.

I would defeat my opponents and win lame races,

And then I would admire the shock on everyone’s faces.

I would be so fast, even faster than a jet.

No matter how fast I go would I never break a sweat.

I would run so fast everything else would seem so slow.

But my power is a secret, no one can ever know.

I would help other superheroes to save humankind.

You don’t have to thank me but, if you did, I wouldn’t mind.

I would wear my mask to cover my identity,

Hopefully I will be remembered for all eternity

But, that’s only if I was 100 times faster.

Don’t always rely on me because I’m not some sort of master.

Even if it was for one single day,

If you need any help all you need to do is just say.

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but I would only do good deeds.

So, that’s what I would do if I had super speed. Neha

That Was Then; This Is Now

For more than a century Woomelang has stood

Where the farming is hard but the people are good

The weather is hot so we go to the pool

We can meet with our friends and swim to get cool

We go to the pool to swim some more laps

To stay after closing time we sneak out through the gaps

Options are varied about our painted snake

But it makes people stop for coffee and cake

The snake on the wall is colourful and bright

As you go past it feels like you’re getting a bite

The Cronomby Tanks are on the edge of town

Where we now have a track to walk around

At the tanks you can camp and from the banks you can fish

You can watch the sunset while you cook up your dish

My Nana recorded the town history in a book

The words and the pictures tell the story if you look

Of farmers and settlers and kids at the school

Of the sowing and harvest and shearing the wool

The wind in the Mallee is hot and strong

And when the rain comes it does not last long Bronte

Just the other day I was watching TV, when I saw an ad come up on the screen the add said about the newest toothpaste that was out and on shelves ready to be used. However, I decided that it could just be another brand of toothpaste until my friend told me that he had used it. He said it was the supreme toothpaste so I went and bought a tube of the new tooth-paste and so I tried it. To my amazement, when I used it, my teeth came out white and they glowed! Bailey

This Leunig image is like a sympathy card. Whenever I see a dove, it is symbol of losing a loved one or of a birth. The dove is carrying a branch of leaves in its beak, which shows a new life or a

new start. Katherine

Although this image is quite simple, it is a peaceful drawing. I feel like it shows hope and a new beginning by having the twig and the flying bird - as if it’s moving to a new place to start again or to have another go. This

image could also be as if the bird has a family and is building a nest for the chicks. This shows how a mother cares for her family and what she does for them to give them the best chance at life. Mali

This image looks like a symbol of peace at the end of a war when people live in peace. It is say-

ing that we are in harmony then a storm happens, like war, but after it finishes we return peace-fully back to our lives. The blue background makes the dove and leaves stand out making them the main focus. Montana

Changes to College Captain handover 2017-2018

In consultation with School Council and the Leadership Team, it has been decided that the transition between School Captains each year will be modified from 2017 onwards. In previous years, the suc-cessful applicants went through the election process during Term 4, and were announced at the Awards evening in the last week of the school year. As many of you are aware, Year 12 students fin-ish in the first month of Term 4, therefore our College Captains are not present for much of the last term. It has therefore been decided that the selection process for the new College Captains will be beginning in the next few weeks, and once this process has occurred, successful applicants will then take over the reigns once the current Year 12 students finish official classes. The 2018 College Cap-tains will be announced at the last assembly for our current Year 12 cohort. Over the past couple of weeks, students and staff from the College have had the opportunity to nominate our current Year 11 students for the 2018 School Captain. Congratulations to the following students who have been nominated for this role:

Jack Bellinger

Chloe McGee

Jacob Holm

Ashley Chamberlain

Isabella Grace

Connor Mclean

Stay tuned for next week’s addition of the Newsletter, which will contain a written speech from each candidate outlining the skills, and qualities they think they could bring to the position.

Timeline for election of College Captain for 2017/2018:

Nominations close - Friday September 1st (Week 7 Term 3)

Nomination statements printed in Newsletter- Thursday September 14th (Week 9 Term 3)

Interviews- Week beginning October 9 (Week 1 Term 4)

Speeches at Assembly & Voting straight afterwards by students in Years 3-12

Tuesday October 17th (Week 2 Term 4)

Announcement at final Year 12 Assembly of 2017- Thursday October 26th (Week 3 Term 4)

PUBERTY WISE’

Expressions of interest

are being sought from fathers /male guardians with sons aged between 9 and 12 years who would be interested in attending a free and informal session explaining the physical and emo-

tional changes which occur at puberty.

Expressions of interest close 28 September 2017.

Register your interest at Gateway BEET,

Phone 50833001

Enquires to Julie Mills, Community Health Nurse,

Phone 53 961223; email:

julie.mills@rnh.net.au

WARRACKNABEAL

AMATEUR

BASKETBALL

ASSOCIATION

***Attention Basketball starts

13th of October ***

Registration is now open!!!

Registrations are done online – Google ‘Warracknabeal Basketball Associa-tion’ and click on the Fox Sporting Pulse (Sports TG) link.

Click on ‘Online Player Registration’ button and follow the instructions. (Similar to Auskick Registration – pay-ment required on registration). Instruc-tions are listed on our website or on Facebook if required.

Age groups are Under 12, Under 15, 19 & under

( Age groups may alter depending on numbers)

Registrations close on Thursday Sep-tember 21

st

For any inquiries contact

Carolyn Koschitzke- 0427569402 or Paige McCoy-0428941693

Expressions of interest are invited for:

Junior - Basketball

Clinic -

(3 days)

with highly experienced coach

Brad Krahe

at the

Warracknabeal Leisure Centre

October 2017

Wednesday 4th

Thursday 5th &

Friday 6th

3.30pm – 4.30pm 8-10yrs

SHOW TIME 2017 FOOD COMES FROM FARMS

JUMPING CASTLE FREE RIDES

ENTERTAINMENT SHOW BAGS

TUG OF WAR SIDE SHOWS

SACK RACES FACE PAINTING

EGG SPOON RACE FIRE DANCERS WALDO THE GREAT MECHANICAL BULL

BALDWIN BOATS CIRCUS CLASS

SCHOOL GARDEN PLANTER BOXES BILL FULLERS ANIMAL FARMSCHOOL

ART DISPLAY ROCK CLIMBINGDOG TRIALS

MARKET STALLS

SUNDAY 15TH OCTOBER 2017 BUSHMANS CHALLENGE

FOR MORE INFO PLEASE EMAIL:

PAVILIONS

info@hopetounshow.com- Wayne-0449219879

RURAL NORTH WEST HEALTH DISPLAY

CFA DISPLAY

HOPETOUN VIC SHOW AND SHINE Fireworks at dusk, Kids entertainment, live music, bar will be open and

much more.

SATURDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2017

JAYNE DENHAM

BOOTS N ALL – STUMPS LIVE IN CONCERT

UTES - TRUCKS – MOTORBIKES - CARS

HOPETOUN VIC SHOW GROUNDS ENTRIES ON THE DAY BY 10AM For more information please call Wayne on 0449219879 or

email info@hopetounshow. com