Educating For Success

975 Karadoc Avenue Irymple Vic 3498 Ph 03 5024 5407 Fax 03 5024 6631

Website www.irysec.vic.edu.au Parent Portal https://psportal.irysec.vic.edu.au/ Twitter https://twitter.com/irymplesc

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IMPORTANT DATES

Mon 22nd May: Interschool Girls Football

Wed 24th May: Interschool Cross Country

Thurs 25th May: Yr 8 cyber Bullying Presentation

Mon 29th May: Curriculum Day – Students

are not required to attend on this day.

Principal’s Report OPEN NIGHT Thanks to all those that found the time to attend our Open Night – we were overwhelmed with the response and thank you all. We hope we were able to provide you with some important information and that if you would like to see our school again or speak with key staff, please ring the office to arrange a time.

BUILDING/REFURBISHMENT PROJECT Don’t forget to pop in and check out the plans for our $7.2 million building works which will be commencing towards the end of the school year. The plans are up in the foyer and I’m more than happy to talk through them with you.

Thurs 18th May 2017

NEWSLETTER

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Award to Phillip Konstandopolous I attended the ceremony, at Mildura Senior College last Friday, where ex-student Phillip Konstandopolous was awarded the Macpherson Smith Rural Foundation tertiary scholarship valued at $45,000 to support his studies.

CROSS COUNTRY

This was a great day for students and staff with Steve Morrish doing a great job with the organisation of the event yet again. It was pleasing to see so many parents coming down to the river to cheer on their children.

Winning House Captains Age Group Champions

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Grade 5/6 ENRICHMENT The last session for this round was held on Wednesday night with a new round starting soon. We thank Anthony Ryan and all our staff for giving the kids this opportunity and we hope they have enjoyed it.

Mrs. Jo McQuinn Principal

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Assistant Principal’s Report

Mildura Senior College Alliance meetings This week all teaching staff from Irymple Secondary College met with colleagues from Mildura SC, Chaffey SC, and Merbein SC to look at data, assessment and curriculum development. This will be an ongoing project between all schools in supporting our students smooth transition into MSC.

Irymple SC and Feeder District Primary Schools Project This week a number of Yr 7 English and Maths classes have been observed by our primary school colleagues. Next week our Yr 7 English and Maths teachers will undertake reciprocal visits at respective primary schools. This project is being co-ordinated by Nat Mouvet from region and supported by our school's leadership team and Yr 7 staff.

ISC Uniform Committee Our group met this week to review the survey completed from parents, students and staff. Discussion on a range of options was undertaken - stay tuned as next week we have our next uniform meeting to discuss a range of options

Open Night I also want to acknowledge a big thank you to all students, staff and families for their wonderful support on our Open Night - we are currently showing a number of prospective families through our school and invite more families to contact the office if they would like a tour by the principal or assistant principal.

Mrs. Anne Symes

Assistant Principal

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Congratulations to Year 7 students Patrick Carter and Ben Doherty, who have been selected to play at the Golf State titles.

Good luck boys!

Three of our students Deklan Loveridge, Connor Irwin and Georgia Leutner are running an All Abilities footy clinic on

Friday afternoons. It’s great that our students are willingly helping out others in the community.

Great Work Guys!

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INTERHOUSE CROSS COUNTRY

Our Inter-House Cross Country run was held at Apex Park on Friday 17th May. With over 250 students participating in the event, the day was a huge success, with everyone having a great day. The weather was fine and which made the day an ideal one for running. The fine weather and effort put in by runners might also explain part of the reason why Anthony Ryan’s snags were so popular at the end. In fact they were so popular we ran out! Many students took the opportunity to run their best times while others chose to jog and/or walk the course at their leisure. Some excellent times were recorded with age group champions and placegetters on the day being: 13 Yrs Girls - 1st and AGC - Bethany Hartwig (R), 2nd - Abby Kaiser (L), 3rd - Mia Andronescu (M) 13 Yrs Boys - 1st and AGC - Zach Stainer (R), 2nd - Ben Doherty (J), 3rd - Bayley Kelly (R) 14 Yrs Girls - 1st and AGC - Paige McLean (M), 2nd - Bella Walsh (M), 3rd - Claudia Fangaloka (J) 14 Yrs Boys - 1st and AGC - Coby Mitchell (M), 2nd - Nick Brown (J), 3rd - David Rundell (M) 15 Yrs Girls - 1st and AGC - Chloe Barker (L), 2nd - Brooke Hards (J), 3rd - Zali McMonnies (M) 15 Yrs Boys - 1st and AGC - Archer Zambelli (R), 2nd - Jordan Stainer (R), 3rd - Julian Rayner (R) 16 Yrs Girls - 1st and AGC - Shae Gathercole-Mills (L), 2nd - Claudia Bozzi (J), 3rd - Ashlyn Archer (R) 16 Yrs Boys - 1st and AGC - Lochlan Lloyd (J), 2nd - Regan Kerslake (M), 3rd - Connor Carter (L) We have had some close finishes over the past few years, with 8 points, 2 points and 1 point being the difference over the last 3 years. As it turned out Middleton has jumped from 3rd last year to claim the title by a margin of 10 points. The final scores were:

Middleton 170 Points Roberts 160 Points

Johansen 145 Points Lloyd 139 Points

Congratulations to Middleton House, age group winners, place getters and to everyone who “had a go”! The first 7 place getters from each age group for both males and females from our I/H Cross-Country will represented the college at the I/S competition to be held on the same course at Apex Park next Wednesday 24th May.

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STUDENT OF THE MONTH We had our second school assembly last Tuesday and we were very proud of the School Captains in the manner in which they lead and ran the assembly.

Also at our assembly Mrs McQuinn presented students with the “Student of the Month” awards that are presented to students that demonstrate excellence in academic achievement, personal & social development and/or citizenship capabilities. Student of the Month recipients receive a certificate and $5.00 canteen voucher.

YEAR 7 YEAR 8

Patrick Carter 7A Elijah Riordan 8A Sofia Ghidinelli-Matheson 7A Tahya Greig 8B

Maddison Oliver 7B Kira Grieg 8B Lachlan Dean 7C Mikayla Kerslake 8C William Le Poidevin 7C Samantha Marr 8C Mia Andronescu 7D Regan Moloney 8D Summer Stawarski 7E Flynn Hopgood 7E

YEAR 9 YEAR 10

Georgia Hunter 9B Jzarne Cochrane 10B Jack Bennett 9B Lachlan Deem 10B Caitlin Harvey 9C Shae Gathercole-Mills 10C Lachlan Scott 9D Violet Tuani-Segi 10C Tyler Garraway 9D Cal Leung-Hobbs 10C Zali McMonnies 9D Kendall McLean 10E Julian Rayner 9E Eliza Bessel-Tafengatoto 10E

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