HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

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ANZAC SERVICE

HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

2019

Term 2

Tuesday 30th April House Cross Country

Wednesday 1st May Parents Club Meeting

Thursday 2nd May Year 7 & 10 immunisations

RFDS visit

Friday 3rd May

SML Cluster Cross-Country

(Primary)

Monday 6th May

Little Desert Athletics (Secondary)

Wednesday 8th May School Council

Thursday 9th May RFDS visit

Tuesday 14th-Thursday 16th May NAPLAN

Tuesday 21st May

Little Desert Cross Country

(Prim & Sec)

Monday 27th May School Photos

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

Our students held a touching and respectful Anzac service on

Wednesday with School Captains Shiarne and Kiana reflecting on what

Anzac Day means to them.

‘Lest we forget’

Principal’s Report

ANZAC Day

We held a respectful ANZAC service at our College on Wednesday as a lead-in to ANZAC Day. Our school captains, Shiarne and Kiana led the ceremony and reflected on what ANZAC Day means to them. Then, yesterday, our school captains spoke at the community ANZAC commemoration at the town hall. Both Shiarne and Kiana spoke extremely well and provided a memorable and feeling introduction to the formal ceremony.

Colour Run and Film Festival

There is no doubt the colour run was an outstanding success at the end of last term. The run was superbly organised by our SRC. All participants seemed to enjoy the fun of getting ‘colourful’ with many combinations of coloured powder covering every piece of clothing as well as face, hands, arms – all-over!! It was a spectacular event which raised funds, well over $300, for the Lake Committee to continue their good work in improving the lake surrounds. It was impressive to see so many runners and walkers participating in this exciting event. Later in the evening, the film festival took place. Congratulations to our Year 5-6 students who participated in film making and getting a film through to the final production stage.

Term 2

We have a fairly crowded calendar for term two. The most important is learning. High quality teaching aligned with solid learning growth. We want every student to put in their best effort, work hard and do the best they can to extend their learning in every subject. Academic learning is front and centre.

We also have a strong emphasis on the social and emotional learning of our students. We want all to develop as well-adjusted, happy, healthy young people who are proud to be part of our College and proud to be members of our thriving community. And, let’s remember also, the physical development of our young people. The development of physical skills along with healthy attitudes are central to a good learning program.

Based on the above, we have a range of academic, social, emotional and physical development activities and programs lined up for term two. There are sport alternatives ranging from cross-country to athletics to netball and football. We have camps (Year 9 sailing camp) and it looks as though we will be able to have a shearing demonstration for the VCAL team. We have testing (NAPLAN and exams) and we have semester reports in June. Add to this there will be a range of SRC activities and initiatives, school photos and the Careers Expo. Drumbeat continues along with Rock and Water and a ‘Healthy Foods’ visiting performer.

It will be a positive, productive term focused on improving, participating and learning.

Dental Services – Royal Flying Doctor Service

The RFDS is providing a free dental service for all students attending Hopetoun P-12 College. Their initial visit will be on Thursday 2nd May (second week of term 2) to provide information to students on oral health. The dentists and staff will return again on Thursday 9th May (week 3) for those who return the forms indicating they would like to participate in the dental check-ups.

Coming Up

We have our whole-school cross country on Tuesday followed by the Primary cross country at Beulah on Friday. Parents Club will be meeting this coming Wednesday at 7.30pm.

Former Primary School Site

The Bruce Street campus is not managed by the Hopetoun P-12 College School Council. The former Primary school site is managed by the Department of Education through a private company. If you have any queries about management of the site, please contact the Department of Education and Training, Melbourne.

Mr Graeme Holmes

Principal

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OVAL MOWING ROSTER

APRIL: Trav Horman Danny McGee Alan Box

MAY: Tom White Peter Marshman Clint Castleman

Hopetoun P-12 College

Cross Country

@ Lake Lascelles

Tuesday 30th April

Photography -

A reminder to the

‘Another Set of Eyes’

(Year 8 and 9 Photography)

to bring their charged cameras to school on

Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Homework Club

Every Thursday

3.20pm - 4.00pm

Prep - Year 6 Year 7 - Year 12

Parents Club Meeting

Wednesday 1st May

Commencing at

7.30pm

In the Library

All most welcome

Welcome back Jacob

We welcome Jacob Holm back this week but no longer as School Captain! Jacob has joined the staff in the Primary wing as a Teachers Aide. We are fortunate enough to have Jacob working at the school full time for the remainder of the year. By the look on our young students faces, Jacob is a welcomed breath of fresh air and enthusiasm with the juniors. Welcome Jacob, we hope you enjoy your time with us.

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

SPORTS NEWS

House Cross Country Next Tuesday is our House cross-country at the lake and involves all students from P-12. This will be happening during periods 3 & 4 and will be followed by salad rolls for lunch. It is important to show support for your House by participating in this important event. Please ensure students bring along a drink bottle and appropriate shoes for running/walking. SML Cluster Cross Country @ Beulah Next Friday the 3

rd of May our Primary students will be attending the Southern Mallee

Lakes Cross Country. This will then lead into PE games, construction activities and Grade 5 & 6 football/netball practice for the upcoming lightning premiership in the afternoon. Please ensure students bring along a drink bottle and appropriate shoes for running, football and netball. We be travelling to and from Beulah on a bus leaving at 9:15, meaning students are able to come to school as per normal. Please return permission forms for this as soon as possible. Little Desert Athletics @ Nhill Inter school athletics are also just around the corner on Monday the 6

th of May.

Permission forms for students attending will be handed out early next week.

Upcoming sport dates: April 30

th Hopetoun P-12 College House cross-country

May 3rd

SML Cluster Cross-Country – Primary (Beulah) May 6

th Little Desert Aths – Secondary (Nhill)

May 21st Little Desert Cross Country – Primary & Secondary (Kaniva)

Movie directors in the making………...

Congratulations to our Grade 5 & 6

students for their fantastic work at the Endorieic Short Film Festival.

All students were presented with a certificate in appreciation for their hard work, creativity and enthusiasm over the few weeks they had to work on their short films.

It was perfect timing, as some of the budding film directors were also extras on the filming of ‘The Dry’

Copies of The Dry are available for loan from the library.

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

Primary Prattle……...What’s happening in the

Year P-3 room?

On Thursday afternoons the Prep to 3 classroom complete STEM sessions. STEM is an approach to learning and development that integrates many areas of the curriculum such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

STEM sessions allow students to develop many key skills including:

Problem solving

Creativity

Critical analysis

Teamwork

Independent thinking

Initiative

Communication

During our STEM Sessions students have been required to work in small groups, create a plan for the task, complete the task by following their plan and then state the changes they would have made to their plan.

Below are some photos of the Pyramids task.

Challenge: Build a pyramid construction that can stand by itself. It must have a point, square base and four triangular shaped faces.

Allowed materials: pipe cleaners, straws, blue tac.

Ms. Amanda Cook (Year P-3 Classroom Teacher)