Newcomb Secondary College Newsletter

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TUESDAY 1st September 2015 ISSUE: 27

Coming Events

Thursday, 3rd September Girls Go Extreme. Connect Assembly.

Friday, 4th September GROW at Gordon.

Wednesday, 9th September Year 9 Just Think Forum.

Thursday, 10th September Open Hour for Grade 5s: free breakfast, 7.45am to 8.45am. VCE Food Excursion. Girls Go Extreme. Year Level Assembly.

Friday, 11th September V8 Super Cars Excursion. GROW at Gordon.

Thursday, 17th September Council Meeting. Girls Go Extreme. Connect Assembly.

Friday, 18th September End of Term 3, Students finish at 2.30pm.

Monday, 5th October Term 3 begins.

Staffing News Mr Andrew McCurry will be Acting Assistant Principal for the final three weeks of term while Mrs. Liz McNamara is on leave. Among many other matters, Mr McCurry will be the Acting Assistant Principal responsible for Year 9 to 12 students.

Student Computers As we draw closer to the end of the VCE year I would like to remind all families of

Year 12 students that any school owned computer equipment MUST be returned to

the school before we can exit students.

Many current Year 12 students were issued with a Dell notebook computer as part

of a Federal funding program. The details of equipment are as follows:

· Dell Inspiron Notebook computer

· Dell Power Adaptor and cord

· Black clamshell hard sided carry case

This equipment needs to be checked and returned to Mr Bath as soon as possible so

that names can be checked off and exits approved. Any student who still needs to

use this computer for school work can still hold onto it for now as long as Mr Bath is

notified and the equipment is brought in for checking. We will need to add a charge

to student accounts for any damaged or unaccounted for equipment so please start

organising this now and let Mr Bath know if you have any problems.

Mr Phil Honeywell, Principal

Mr Shane Elevato, Assistant Principal Mrs Liz McNamara, Assistant Principal

College Council: Student Leaders: Student Leaders: President: Yvette Ramsay Mitchell Allen Toby France

Vice President: Vidas Kymantas Amanda Clydesdale Bailee Jones

Exec. Officer: Phil Honeywell

81-85 Bellarine Highway Newcomb VIC 3219 Phone: 03 5248 1400 Fax: 03 5248 3523

Email: newcomb.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.newcombsc.vic.edu.au SMS student absences: 0416 907 351

2015 Term Dates Term 3: 13 July to 18 September Term 4: 5 October to 18 December 2016 Term Dates Term 1: 27 January (school teachers start) to 24 March * 28 January (students start) Term 2: 11 April to 24 June Term 3: 11 July to 16 September Term 4: 3 October to 20 December

NEWCOMB SECONDARY COLLEGE OPEN HOUR

2015 Grade 5 students and parents are invited for FREE Breakfast and Introduction to Newcomb Secondary College on Thursday, 10th September from 7.45am to 8.45am.

Please refer over page for more details.

SCHOOL EXCURSIONS AND REMINDERS Students who don’t attend an excursion are expected to attend school as normal.

Parents are asked to not keep students at home.

Year/Group Excursion Date Cost Permission Slips &

Payment Due

Year 9 Just Think Forum, Geelong Football Club Wednesday, 9th September Nil 4th September

Year 12 Food & Tech VCE Exam Preparation, William Angliss

Melbourne Thursday, 10th September $30 -

Various V8 Super Cars ‘Students on Track’ Friday, 11th September $5.00 1st September

VCE Food and Tech Food and Technology VCE Student Day Out Thursday, 10th September $30 -

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Mountain Bike Riding Monday, 14th September $125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Bushwalking Monday, 12th October, Tuesday, 13th October

Wednesday, 14th October

$125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Sailing Thursday, 22nd October

Friday, 23rd October

$125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Canoeing Wednesday, 11th November $125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9/10 Outdoor Ed

Surfing Friday, 21st November $125 (Sem 2

charge) -

Year 9 Year 9 Deakin Camp 12th November, 13th

November Nil -

FAMILY ACCOUNTS

Thank you to all the families who have paid their family account up to date.

There are a small number of families still with outstanding essential charges that are now overdue. Prompt payment would be much appreciated.

Facebook Newcomb Secondary College has a new official Facebook page. We will be updating it daily to let people know what is happening, and it will regularly have the newsletter and other information shared. Feel free to like the page and you will receive notifications of updates. Also, we have a Facebook group that is for the buying and selling of second hand uniforms and books. Search for “Newcomb Secondary College Second Hand Uniforms and Books”. Please see to our page: facebook.com/newcombsecondarycollege

Music Department

Senior Concert Band Tour Last week 46 students, Mrs Stabryla, Mr Crowther, Mrs Bourke, student teacher Jasmin Barrett, Julie Killey, David Harrison and Tina Terill all participated in a very successful Senior Concert Band Tour. We stayed at the Boomerang Holiday Ranch in Daylesford and performed in Bendigo, Ballarat and Castlemaine. Highlights of the week were: (in no particular order) All musical performances by the Senior Concert Band,

Cold Fusion and Blues’n Jazz. Our workshop and concert with Girton Grammar

School in Bendigo. Ten Pin Bowling in Ballarat. Julie Killey’s great food. The Year 12 games night. Auction Night. Party Night – with the theme of Disney. The right to travel with Tina Terrill in the mini bus, with

mag wheels. Having the smoke alarms sound endlessly for almost an

hour on Wednesday night, commencing at 1.30 am. The opportunity the eat McDonalds twice in the week. Luke warm showers. Mars bar slice. Good friendships and fun times.

Junior Music Camp Will be held from September 16th to 18th at Daylesford. A reminder to parents that final payments and return of all permission and medical forms are due at the General Office by the end of this week. If you have lost your forms please obtain another set from the General Office or email – stabryla.cheryl.a@edumail.vic.gov.au

Music Department Calendar Week 8 – August 31st – September 4th No band rehearsals for the Senior Bands. Thursday Period 2 – Intermediate Concert Band Thursday Period 3 – 73 Band. Week 9 – September 7th to 11th Monday Period 5 – Intermediate Concert Band Tuesday Period 5 – 71/72 Band. Thursday Period 6 – Senior Concert Band. Week 10 – September 14th to 18th Tuesday Period 2 – Senior Concert Band. Wednesday to Friday – Junior Music Camp in Daylesford.

Cheryl Stabryla Music Co-ordinator

Girls Go Extreme Melbourne Orienteering Excursion On 21st August the Girls Go Extreme Year 9 Girls went to Melbourne to participate in an Orienteering Challenge. The girls had to find certain landmarks around the city and were required to catch at least 1 city train and 1 city tram. The Girls split into 2 groups and all team members had jobs – either navigating, collecting evidence of stops, marking off landmarks etc.

It was wonderful to watch the girls learning life skills such as working together to read a City Train map whilst the hustle and bustle of the City still rushed around them. Both teams completed the challenge and it was a draw. We look forward to our next Challenge next week which is attempting the High Ropes Course in Anglesea!

Chiara Ercoli Student Wellbeing

Orienteering Orienteering was at the You Yangs, but first we went to Serendip Sanctuary and had a look at the wildlife there. We were shown the eastern bared bandicoot enclosure which has a high fence with barbed wire on top. It also goes a metre into the ground to stop animals digging under the fence. The bandicoot is a nocturnal animal so we didn’t get to see them. They are extinct in the wild. There was also some kangaroos, emu’s and etc. We had a walk through the sanctuary and headed to the You Yangs. When we got there we sat at the benches waiting to start the challenge. Together were shown how to use a compass and the map . The class split up into four groups of three and we headed to the first checkpoint and added that to our score card. My group had to go a different direction to the others, but of course Chloe had to go back because she thought she lost her phone, so we had to wait a while. After we all took off we had found another group on the way to a checkpoint so we talked to them for a bit then left to find more. In the end we found 16 checkpoints with a total of 700 points. During the walk we saw a few wallabies, different types of birds and other animals. We also walked pass the quarry in the north of the park and the checkpoint at the top had the most points (80). The points change from where the checkpoint is, if the checkpoint is close to the start it will be a low scoring checkpoint (30 points). After the day out in the You Yangs we headed back to school and

then went home.

Adam M (Group 103)

The Student Representative Council are selling Legacy Badges at Newcomb Secondary College at recess and lunchtimes

during 30th August to 5th September from the B Block staffroom.