Thursday 28th June 2018 Newsletter No. 11

Dear Parents, Caregivers and Members of the College Community,

I would like to start my end of semester reflection with thanks to all of the wonderful

staff of Kyneton Secondary College. Their compassionate commitment to the learning

and wellbeing needs of our student is second to none. I would also like to commend

our students on their hard work this term and congratulate them on the ‘grit’ they have

shown in getting the work done. They have had an incredibly busy term which included

major assessment activities such as SACs, examinations, On Demand Tests, NAPLAN

and GAT.

It has been ‘full steam ahead’ with events in our calendar, even into this last fortnight. Mr Comben reported that the

Year 9 City Camp last week was a great success; students enjoyed a wide range of city experiences and showed great

skills in getting along and managing themselves. We also had Year 10 Work Experience last week and we received

very positive feedback about our students’ application to their varied workplace experiences. This week, a group of

senior students attended the Pre Driver Ed Camp and our Year 12 Outdoor Education class are having an amazing

learning experience on the Murray River.

Our building program progress continues and visitors to the College have commented on the changes that have

happened since the start of the semester. The Boomerang Wing will soon be closed in with the arrival of the

windows this week, and the Training and Innovation Hub roof is on. The basketball courts will be available for

students to use from the start of term 3.

Next term we will start to resume the conversations with community that formed a vital part of planning for the

Training and Innovation Hub; we are excited that we will soon be able to see action around the possibilities for

genuine learning partnerships between the College and its community.

Recently we welcomed the appointment of Ms Rebecca Wallace, who primarily teaches Health and Physical

Education. Ms Wallace is passionate about her curriculum areas and actively promotes student engagement in

physical health and wellbeing.

I would like to take this opportunity to farewell Ms Merna

Bell, a highly respected staff member at KSC for the past 7

years, who leaves us to take up a position at Braemar

College. Merna’s most recent role, other than teaching

Business Management, Legal Studies and English, has been

as our Equity Coordinator. We wish Merna all the best in

her new position. Next term we welcome our new staff

member, Rosemary White, who will be replacing Merna’s

teaching position. Rosemary resides in the Macedon

Ranges and her most recent teaching role has been at

Maribyrnong College. Ms Alyssa Mc Neilly will be taking up

the role of Equity Coordinator. Continued over:

Year 10s recently spent their work experience week in various businesses. Above: Lucy Noonan at Cookie Crumbs.

Other staffing news for next term includes staff who

will be on long service leave: Mrs Diane Mercieca is on

leave for the rest of 2018, Mrs Pam Macdonald is on

leave for the duration of term 3 and Mrs Julie Daws

and Ms Katie Matthews are on leave in the first part of

the term. We wish them all the best. Mr Ben Hill will

be looking after the Year 8 Year Level Leader role, and

Junior School leadership, while Mrs Macdonald and Ms

Matthews are on leave.

Finally, on behalf of the staff and School Council, I

would like to wish all our students, parents/carers, and

school community all the very best for a safe and

relaxing holiday.

Kind Regards

Ms Ana Rees-Executive Principal Kyneton Secondary College

With the last week of term nearly over, it is time to

refresh and recuperate in the holidays for semester 2!

Everyone is looking forward to a break but let’s make

sure that we all get our holiday homework done; no

one wants detention in the first week back! And of

course, as we all know, Friday is a shortened day,

ending at 2.30!

The end of semester also means that it is getting very

cold! We all need to rug up, but still making sure that

we have our school uniform on display (with pride of

course). It would be great if everyone could make a

real effort next semester to be wearing full school

uniform!

While it is nearly the end of term, these last few weeks

have been very busy with camps, exams and work

experience! Congratulations to all the students who

undertook exams (and hopefully received well-deserved

marks) and work experience. Our school always receives

such great comments from work experience employers;

you should all be very happy with yourselves.

This week we have the year 12 Outdoor Education class

attending a camp on the Murray River and last week,

Drivers Education ran for the year 10s in Charlton. We

hope everyone who goes on a camp has a great time, and

takes the opportunity to learn in a new environment.

Estelle and Tiarna - College Captains

Principals Chat Continued

School Captain’s Report

Full Steam Ahead!

UPCOMING EVENTS

June 2018

Friday 29th End of Term 2

July 2018

Monday 16th Term 3 Begins

Thursday 19th Studio Arts Excursion

Wed 25th – Fri 27th Ski Camp

Friday 27th Yr 7-9 (Selected Student)

Tree Planting

Tuesday 31st Year 8 Live4Life

August 2018

Wednesday 1st Year 12 Pathways Evening

Tuesday 7th MTC Evening Excursion

Wednesday 8th Yr 9 Cyberia Performance

Monday 13th Intermediate Basketball

Wednesday 15th Course Information Evening

Years 9-10 & 10-11

Thursday 16th Course Counselling starts

Friday 17th VCAL Salvos Excursion

Monday 20th Parent Teacher Bookings Begin

Tues 21st – Thurs 23rd Course Counselling Day

Wednesday 29th Parent Teacher Interviews

No Classes

Friday 31st Year 10 TAFE Taster Day

Progress is being made on the new basketball court at KSC. We are anticipating work being completed in readiness

for use at the beginning next term.

On Wednesday the 6th of June, Kyneton Secondary College students from Year 7 participated in the Winter sports

carnival. We travelled to Broadmeadows to compete against Sacred Heart, Wallan, Edgars Creek, and Hume Central.

Our girls played some great soccer, showed excellent leadership and teamwork, and had a great time on the field.

They drew against Hume (0-0), Lost to Edgar’s Creek (1-2), won against Wallan (4-0), and won against Sacred Heart

(2-0). The girls are still awaiting the results on whether they make it through to the next round.

A big thank you to Charles Cassar, who stepped in to referee a number of the girls games and to Nathan Abdel-Sayed

and Lochlan McKee of Year 10 who coached, co-ordinated and stood in as linesman for the team on the day.

On Thursday 14th of June, Kyneton Secondary College students from Year 8 participated in the Winter sports carnival.

We travelled to Sunbury to compete against other schools such as Sacred Heart, Wallan and Hume Central.

It was a cold and windy day, but our girls played some great soccer. Even though a lot of the team had never played a

competitive game of soccer before, the effort and teamwork they showed on the field was amazing. There were five

teams in the draw that were divided amongst two pools. We were playing against Wallan in our pool, and if we won

that game we moved onto the Final. The girls won against Wallan (1-0). We then moved on to play against Sacred

Heart in the final. Both teams put up an excellent fight and played a great game; we won (1-0). This means the year 8

soccer team has move onto the next round.

A big thank you to Harmony Cassar of Year 9 who coached, and refereed for the team on the day.

Above: Year 7 Team Photo/Action Shot

Left: Year 8 Team Photo

Mrs Kat Vearing-Class Teacher

Year 7 Girls Soccer

Year 8 Girls Soccer

Z Club was once again thrilled to be able to provide support to ‘The Days

for Girls’ program. At a recent meeting, President Lauren Cocks

presented Dianne and Pam from the Geelong chapter with a cheque for

$130 along with face washers, underwear and soap.

In many developing nations, not having sanitary supplies can mean days

without school, days without income and days without leaving the house.

Girls miss up to two months of school every year.

To address this issue and give girls across the globe education, safety and

dignity, ‘Days for Girls’ International was founded in 2008. ‘Days for Girls’

provides washable feminine hygiene kits to girls and women who would otherwise go without, enabling them to not

miss valuable days from their education or employment.

Z Club would like to thank members of Kyneton Zonta

who have been saving soap from their travels and Central

Highlands Motor Inn for their very kind donation of a box

of soap.

If you have been to a hotel recently and have any of the

soaps lying around we would be delighted to collect

them. They can be left at the front office of the college.

Each kit contains: 2 Days for Girls Shields, 8 Days for Girls

Liners, 2 pairs of panties, 1 small soap, 1 face washer,

2 large freezer bags’ drawstring bag. These kits last for 3

to 5 years. More information can be found at

https://www.daysforgirls.org/

Kyneton Secondary College Z Club meets once a fortnight during Friday lunchtime in room 25. New members are

always welcome.

Dates for meetings during term 3 will be on 27th July, 10th August, 24th August, 7th September & 21st September.

Marian Orr-Z Club

Photo: top right: KSC Z Club President Lauren presenting cheque to Zonta representatives Pam and Dianne, for ‘Days for Girls’. centre: ‘Days for Girls’ Kit. above: Members of KSC Z Club attend a meeting with teacher Katie Matthews(LHS) and Zonta member Marian Orr(RHS)

Z Club-Doing It For Girls

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Road Tour

The ABI Road Tour recently visited KSC to speak to all VCAL

students about living with an acquired brain injury.

The following is a student’s perspective after attending the very informative session.

“After listening to everything the ABI victims had gone through I realised the risk and how easy it is to obtain an

injury quite similar to the ones that the people of the ABI Road Tour have sustained.

When they said how the ABI has affected them, it was scary to think how your life could change so quickly and how

you could be put into a situation like theirs. Unable to think as you could before, unable to move the way you did

before and all the benefits that you took for granted when you didn’t have a brain injury, could be ripped from you

so quickly and the things you used to do so easily could become an everyday struggle for you.

The impact of an ABI can vary from being unnoticed by everyone and only you and your loved ones know it’s there,

to the ABI being so severe you can’t walk, talk or even think properly anymore. The ABI Road Tour visitors showed

us how an ABI can vary in its impact on you. One of our visitors, Bervin, sustained his acquired brain injury from a car

accident when he was a soldier in the army. After his crash, Bervin was left injured for life, physically and mentally;

Bervin went from a solider in the army to in a hospital bed barely able to walk or talk within a day. Or your ABI could

have less impact, like Shane’s. Shane’s ABI isn’t as severe as Bervin’s. Shanes ABI barely affects the way he walks and

talks now, although after his crash Shane had to teach himself how to walk properly because the muscles on one

side of his body are weaker than the other side. Some of the impact on Shane is invisible to us too. For example,

Shane has little ability to feel the cold because of cell damage and even his ability to place things in order when

doing them. When you hear the effects of Shane’s ABI you may look at it and say it’s not that bad, but imagine not

being able to do a simple task without having to stop and think about what to do next, because it’s a challenge to put

things in order.

No matter how severe, the effects of an ABI. will always haunt you. Before the ABI Road Tour came I didn’t realise a

lot of the effects that one injury can have on you. I never knew suffering that people with ABI’s felt till they told us

about how it could affect their receptive cells and how it could take away their sense of taste, it could take away

their balance and could even take away their ability to feel the cold.

After listening to what has happened to Shane and Bervin you realise what happens when you speed and the potentially dire consequences”.

Year 11 Student- VCAL Literacy

On Wednesday, 8th August, Brainstorm Productions will visit us as part of the Enrichment Program. All Year 9

students will attend their latest production “Cyberia”; addressing cyber safety and cyber bullying in schools with the

aim of improving student wellbeing and mental health.

In consultation with IT, education and mental health experts, the creative Brainstorm team have woven together

true stories of Gen Y/Z's internet experiences. Cyberia poses questions about how the digital age is affecting our

brains, our humanity and our future. We will have the full article in the next edition of our newsletter.

Cyberia Cyber Safety Program Covers: Cyber Bullying

Exclusion

Internet Addiction

Digital Citizenship

Alienation

Impulse Control

Social Websites

Isolation

Online Reputation

Internet Security

Responsible Use of

Technology

Cyber Safety

Ms Gayle James

Junior School Assistant

VCAL Students Prepare For The Road

Year 9 Enrichment Program-‘Cyberia’ Performance

KSC Student Rips it up at State Motocross Titles!

Year 7 KSC student Brodie Petschauer is a mad keen and highly talented dirt

biker. All his life he has ridden bikes and has successfully been involved in the

national racing circuit for the past four years.

On Saturday 9/6, Brodie competed in the Victorian State Motocross Racing titles

in Wonthaggi. He competed in the 12-16 age group in the A-Grade 85cc Big

Wheel class. Across 3 x 12minute (5-6 lap) races, in fields of 18 bikes, Brodie

achieved an 8th, a 6th and a 5th placing.

This past weekend on the 16/6 Brodie competed at Murray Bridge for the South

Australian State Motocross Racing titles, again in the 12-16 age group in the A-

Grade 85cc Big Wheel class. In these races, he achieved a 2nd, a 3rd and a 4th, giving

him an overall 3rd placing amongst all competitors for the day.

Well done Brodie, keep up the great effort pursuing those things you love!

Mr Benjamin Hill-Leading Teacher/School Culture

KSC Aerobics Team Does it Again!

On the 16th of June, nine students from the KSC Aerobics

Team went to the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic centre to

perform four Aerobics routines as part of Aero Schools

Gymnastics Australia competition.

At MSAC there were many different schools performing

many different dances. The KSC team performed very well

achieving a 1st (Group, Level 1), a 2nd (Trio, level 3) and a

1st (for Group in Level 3). Every student who performed

got something, so everyone was a winner.

The next competition is starting and it is looking very

promising for the Nationals in Queensland. On behalf of

the Aerobics team, I would like to thank Kerrie for

coaching us and Miss Mathews for coming to MSAC

and supervising us! Lana Hughes-KSC Year 7 Student

Brodie’s Success

Aerobics Team on the way to Nationals

This space is dedicated to all things science. If you have any ideas or interesting science items to contribute to this

space, please let Ms Carter or Ms Bradford know. We hope to share your science views in the fortnightly school

newsletter.

We look forward to seeing/reading all of your exciting science stuff

Year 9 & 10 Applied Science

Applied Science students have been launching rockets, making fake wounds and newspaper creations.

Science Space

Congratulations to Talesha, Brooke, Alannah and Imogen for

making the rocket that flew highest into the air.

These were some of the terrible wounds inflicted on the Applied

Science students (using makeup and fake blood.)

Year 7 Science

Year 7 students have been creating games to learn more and teach the players of the game about renewable and

non-renewable resources.

Science & Engineering Challenge cancelled Unfortunately, we did not have enough year 9 and 10 students willing and/or able to make the Science and

Engineering Challenge. Apologies to the keen students who were hoping to make up a team.

Ms Cindy Bradford-Science Learning Area Leader

Keep this date free…. Year 10 into 11 - 2019 Course Information Evening Year 9 into 10 - 2019 Course Information Evening Kyneton Secondary College will be holding an Information Evening for Year 9 and 10 students and families on

Wednesday 15th August at 7.00pm.

This evening will provide important information to families on the requirements and expectations we have for

students as they progress into the Senior Years Program.

Ms Annette Brown-Senior School Assistant

Senior School Update

NetSetGO is Netball Australia’s only junior

entry netball program. It has been

developed to provide children from 5 to 10

years with the best possible learning and

playing experience to develop a positive introduction to

netball, ensuring enjoyment and continued participation.

Woodend's Net Set Go program will be run on Saturdays

9am to 10am, starting 21 July until 15 September (9

weeks, third term) at Buffalo Stadium. Places are strictly

limited.

http://wdnc.sportzvault.com/home.aspx

All welcome! Any Enquiries to go to our Registrations Coordinator Louise Farrelly lfarrelly@westnet.com.au

FAREWELL MAX A retirement dinner, arranged by the Kyneton Secondary College Council, was held recently at “The Mill” in

Malmsbury for Mr Max Adam, formerly college principal for nine years.

Guests included friends from both the education and wider community. Other relatives attending apart from

Max’s wife Iris included his mother, sister, brother-in-law, mother-in-law and sister-in-law.

Graham Baxter, now also retired from the college, emphasised Max’s very caring attitude to students as an

educator, while Ian Stevens, Regional Manager of the Loddon-Campaspe-Mallee region of the Directorate of

School Education talked of Max’s determination to get things done, emphasising the college’s building program.

Mr Jack Walker, a long serving College Council member, assisted by Mrs Margaux Claughton, College Council

president, made the presentation to Max of a plaque naming the Max Adam Amphitheatre and a Gayle Russell

print. Flowers were presented to Max’s wife and his mother.

In reminiscing, Max referred to the many comical situations he experienced with students at KSC.

Students Will Fooks (trumpet), Tim Bansemer (trombone) and Nyree Vosper punctuated the evening with very

capably performed musical items. Stephen Holgate, a music teacher at the college, accompanied the students

while Jim Ogden provided incidental music.

Overall, the evening was enjoyed by all who attended. Kyneton Guardian 25th February 1994

Article from the Past

Community News