HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

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

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HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

2020

Term 1

March

Saturday 14th March

Presentation Ball

Tuesday 17th March School Council

Friday 20th March

GW Swimming @ Horsham (Primary & Secondary)

Thursday 26th March House Athletic Sports

Friday 27th March Last Day of Term

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

Bronte proudly shows off her art work she has recently completed. This is a big week for Bronte as she is one of the 12 students participating in the presentation Ball on

Saturday night. We wish all the students a fabulous night.

Principal’s Report

Have Your Say – an Online Survey Another opportunity for you to have input to our School Review is to access our online survey. There are half a dozen questions online. Some are short yes/no and others allow a more detailed response. The survey will take you about five minutes to complete. Click on this link and you will be able to access the confidential survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YXHX5K5

Presentation Ball We are all looking forward to the Presentation Ball which is being held this coming Saturday night. It will be a gala event for our school when 12 of our students participate in this exciting event. All the best to the students involved in the Presentation Ball. Mrs Burns As you will know by now, Mrs Burns has taken up a teaching position at Drouin Secondary College for the remainder of 2020. We wish her well in her move. Meanwhile, until such time as we can appoint a replacement teacher, Mrs Wright, Mrs Hallam, Mrs Robertson and other staff will have a variation to their teaching loads to cover Mrs Burns' classes. These changes have brought about some timetable changes hence there is a new timetable for the final three weeks of Term 1. We are anticipating we will have a replacement teacher ready for the start of Term 2.

School Annual Report for 2019 The Hopetoun P-12 College School Annual Report for 2019 has been prepared and will be presented at our Annual Reporting Meeting next Tuesday night. The report captures the key indicators of school performance and reports on progress made during 2019 towards improving student learning. Parents and carers are welcome to attend the meeting to hear the presentation of the report and you can access the document after it is approved and uploaded to our website.

Term 1 is rapidly coming to a close. We have two weeks to go and a lot to get covered in that

short time-frame. Our student leaders head off to Melbourne on Sunday for the GRIP conference

on Monday, we have School Council, a Parents’ forum and our annual athletics carnival. Yes, we

close-out the term with our school athletic sports on Thursday 26th March, the day before the term

ends. The last day of term, Friday 27th March, will be an SRC casual clothes day. Interim reports,

which provide information on effort, attitude, work level and behaviour, will be available late this

term.

Mr Graeme Holmes

Principal

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Parent Forum on our School Review You are invited to attend a parent forum to be held on Thursday 19th to discuss the progress

Hopetoun P-12 College has made over the past four years and to consider future

directions. This forum will enable us to gather parent views on progress which will feed

into the school self-evaluation. The forum will be held on Thursday 19th March at 3.30pm

in Room 4.

Parent Forum

WHEN: Thursday 19th March

TIME: 3.30—4.30pm

WHERE: Hopetoun P-12 College

Room 4

WHY: To get parent feedback on the progress of our College.

Hopetoun P-12 College

Parents Club

Presentation Ball

Saturday

14th March 2020

$15-00 Adults

$10-00 Secondary Student

Change of Date

School Council

Meeting

Tuesday 17th March

Weekly Student Awards

Well done to the following students for receiving

Students of the Week

School Review – Update Last week I met with a group of Year 7-8 students to ask them some questions about our school, about transition and about how they learn. The information gathered will be added to our School Review, showing some of the thoughts and ideas of our students. There will be more of these focus group meetings for students over the coming weeks. Parents are also encouraged to have their say. You can come along to our parent forum on Thursday 19th (3.30pm in room 4) or add your thoughts into our online survey which is currently open (see link in my Principal’s Report). School councillors will have their opportunity to have input to the Review when we meet next Tuesday evening.

Declan Brown

For displaying respect and responsibility for his own learning. Declan

works hard, is organized for his classes and

completes his work on time.

George Cook

For showing great responsibility for his own

learning. George has improved on the time it takes

him to complete his work and takes the initiative to

then help other students with their work.

Well done George, you are a wonderful asset in the

classroom.

Eddie Robinson

For embracing his new school and settling in well.

Eddie displays all the school values of respect,

responsibility and teamwork and is inclusive

with all students. Well done Eddie, it’s great to have you at Hopetoun

P-12 College.

Tracy Bound

Classroom Teacher

Primary Prattle Year 3 – 6 Well we are in week seven already! The term has flown and the students have been very busy. Every day we ensure we stop for a Brain Break, where we take time out for some physical activity and a healthy snack of fruit or vegetable. On wet days when we can’t get out for a run the students participate in dancing. Check out the groovy moves of the Year 3-6 team.

All students are encouraged to attend Breakfast Club before school in order to fuel their bodies and to help their minds to be ready for learning. Find us in the kitchen.

HOMEWORK

Please support your child with their homework. Homework is given out weekly and in the Year 3-6

class it is due in on Friday morning. This homework also includes reading on a nightly basis, which

needs to be recorded in their diary. Students are encouraged to attend homework club on Thurs-

day after school until 4pm and can check in with their teacher during the week if they need some-

thing confirmed. (NO Homework Club this week due to Parent Teacher Interviews).

Students need to bring their diaries every day to record information and for communication

between home and school.

Policy Update First Aid Policy It is probably an appropriate time to mention our First Aid Policy given the extent of illness around the world at this point in time. There are two parts to this policy – management of student illness at school and administration of first aid to a student at school.

The policy states; Students who are unwell should not attend school. It then states, that if a stu-dent becomes unwell at school, they may be directed to the office then to the sick bay and moni-tored by staff. Depending on the nature of their symptoms, staff may contact parents/carers or an emergency contact person to ask them to collect the student.

If an incident occurs at school or illness takes effect, then we have trained First Aid staff to manage the matter. Minor injuries such as scrapes and scratches and minor twisted tendons will be man-aged locally and, if deemed necessary, parents will be notified. More serious injuries will be re-ferred to parents/carers and serious cases may necessitate an ambulance call-out.

Head injuries are regarded as serious and will be reported to parents. In accordance with guidance from the Department of Education and Training, analgesics, including paracetamol and aspirin, will not be stored at school or provided as a standard first aid treatments. This is because they can mask signs of serious illness or injury.

A copy of our First Aid Policy is available on our website.

Reminder to all P-10 students to bring their

runners & PE uniform for PE & Sport classes from now

Grade P-3: Monday (Period 3) and Tuesday (Period 5)

Grade 4-6: Monday (Period 4) and Tuesday (Period 6)

Year 7-8: Friday (Period 3 & 4)

Year 9-10: Monday (Period 5 & 6)

Sport (year 7-9 only): Wednesday (Period 5 & 6)

Homework Club

Every Thursday

3-20pm until 4-00pm

Prep– Year 6

Year 7—12