wedderburn college newsletter 28th march 2012

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Canteen Duty Roster 29th March-20th April 2012

Day Date Parent

Thurs 29th Pupil Free Day

Fri 30th Leanne Holt

Mon 16th April Jodie Lock

Tues 17th Lynn Duffield

Wed 18th Sally Jackson

Thurs 19th Lillian Chalmers

Fri 20th Leanne Holt

Parent helpers are expected to be at the Canteen from

11:30am until 1:30pm. Please make your own swap if you

cannot make it on the day you are rostered and let the school

know. Thank you.

Rosie Last, Canteen Manager

DATELINE Mar

29th Thurs Student Parent Teacher Interview

Wedderburn 1:00pm-7:30pm

SSV Swimming-Melbourne

30th Fri Casual Day – Gold Coin Donation

SRC Meeting Yrs 4-12 (1:00-1:30pm)

Term 1 ends 2:30pm dismissal

Apr

16th Mon Term 2 starts

Parents Association Meeting, 7:30 PM

16th-18th M-W Billabong Ranch Camp Yr 6

20th Fri Year 10 Mock Interview

27th Fri Studio Art Yr 11/12 Excursion-NGV

FROM THE

PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Dear Parents, Students, Friends and Members of the

Wedderburn Community

Parent Teacher Student Interviews As you are aware Parent Teacher Student Interviews are

taking place in Wedderburn on Thursday March 29th

from 1.00pm until 7.30pm at the College and in

Inglewood today, Wednesday March 28th from 4.30pm

to 6.00pm. Every student is expected to attend their

interviews with their parent/s. Please note to allow for

students to participate fully in their learning interviews

normal classes will not operate on Thursday March 29th.

In the past week students across the College have been

involved in a wide range of activities which support their

learning. It was wonderful to have some parents help with

the kite making and with all the wind that was around the

children certainly had the kites flying high.

Friday was a very colourful day with the Grade 6 children

dressed as heroes or villains and the decorated bikes for

National Ride2 School Day. We were honoured by the

presence of MP Peter Walsh who presented the College

with an award from the National Ride 2 School

organisation which will allow the College to train two

teachers in Bike Education. Mr Walsh also presented the

SRC students and Sports Captains with their badges.

The term is rapidly coming to an end. Finishing of the

term we have another busy week with the Fairy Tales

Dress Up Day yesterday and a Casual Day on Friday

which will raise funds to continue supporting our World

Vision sponsored child, Fedele Fedeya, as well as our

interviews to discuss student learning.

Looking back over the last eight weeks and one day it is

hard to believe we have fitted so much into such a short

space of time. I hope the two weeks break gives everyone

a chance to recharge and relax and return to school ready

to learn for the second term.

College Working Bees At our College Council meeting held last Monday the

Council made the decision to conduct Working Bees near

the start of each term. The purpose of the Working Bees

will be to do a general tidy up of buildings and grounds

and will assist our cleaner and maintenance worker to

keep our College looking clean and tidy throughout the

year. Families will be placed on a roster to assist at these

Working Bees and to ensure that all families are able to

contribute equally they will be placed on the roster

according to the alphabetical order of the family name.

PO Box 20, 15-29 Hospital Street

Wedderburn Victoria 3518

Phone (03) 5494 3011 Fax (03) 5494 3516

Email: [email protected]

Website: wedderburn-college.vic.edu.au

Volume 12 Issue 08 28th March 2012

College Uniform Supplier

Bendigo Fashion Plus

56 Williamson Street, Bendigo, 3550

Tel No. 5443 0517 / 5441 8094,

Email: [email protected]

Proprietors: Cherylynn & Wayne

Hedrick

mailto:[email protected]


Look out for further information in the first week of term

2.

Emily Van De Wetering and Tahlia Hargreaves after presenting their SRC

report to School Council last week with Principal, Mrs Wright and School

Council President, Mr. Alan Holt.

Margaret-Anne Wright, Principal

P-6 SUB SCHOOL NEWS

What a fun-filled last week of term we have had so far!

Firstly, a BIG thank you to all parents and helpers who

assisted the teachers and students on "Harmony Day" last

Wednesday. The kites looked fantastic and we certainly

had a good windy day to fly them!

Well done to Rowan Webb and Elliot Reeves who were

awarded the Whole School Award (Rowan) and P-6 Star

Student Award (Elliot). Rowan has been fully dedicated

to improving himself across all aspects of his schooling.

Elliot received his award for being an outstanding citizen

of the Wedderburn College community.

The Ride to School Day last Friday was a success with

many students coming to school with their bikes, scooters

and skateboards all decorated. Thank you to Mrs

McKenzie for organising this.

Ride to School Day last Friday

This Tuesday was our P-4 Fairytale Dress up Day.

There were certainly some creative outfits getting

around! Students paraded around the Library Quadrangle

in the morning, followed by participating in some fun

fairytale activities. A fairytale movie was then enjoyed by

all P-4 students in the afternoon. Another BIG thank you

to all the parents who came to help out on the day, along

with Miss Martin, Mrs Prevos, Mrs Polkinghorne and

Mrs McKenzie for organising the day.

It was fantastic to see so many students get into the spirit

of dressing up in fairytale costumes on Tuesday! Well

done to parents who put in a great effort to come and see

our parade and dress up your children in very creative

outfits.There could only be a couple of winners for each

grade on the day and it was very hard to make a decision

but the following students came away with the awards:

Finbar Carey

Shelley Creely-Connor

Mack Matthews

Ella Day

Jake Murphy

Daytona Baker

Finn Turnbull

Annie Duffield

Chris Giorlando

Lindy Stephens


The Fairy Godmother flying through the parade

Rebecca and Daytona Baker with their handmade Ariel costume.

Mrs Polkinghorne’s group decorating gingerbread men

Grade 6 Heroes and Villains Day last Friday

The winners of the P-4 Fairytale Dress Up Day


LIBRARY NEWS

A Scholastic book order has been

submitted for $22

Busy Bee

Wash Your Face In Orange Juice $12

Add Your Bears $10

Please contact Jude in the Library if this

belongs to you.

This Wednesday we celebrated "World Teacher's Day"

at Wedderburn College. Students have been busy creating

their own portraits of teachers. These are on display in the

corridor at school if you wish to have a look at the

budding artists we have! Thank you to Miss Martin for

her great idea, along with all teachers who helped their

students. I'm sure many of the portraits will go "straight

to the pool room".

Just a reminder to all parents that there is no school this

Thursday. We will have Parent/Teacher/Student

Interviews at the College, starting at 1pm-7:30pm. Your

child is expected to attend the interview with you. Please

contact your child's teacher if you need more information

about interview times.

This Friday is our last day of term. Students may bring a

gold coin donation to school if they wish to dress in

casual clothes, with proceeds going to support the

school's World Vision child, Fedeyeya. Students we will

have an early dismissal at 2:30pm.


Gr 4/5/6 students will also be embarking to Hard Hill

this Friday for their excursion (which was cancelled

previously due to bad weather). I'm sure they will have a

fantastic time and enjoy the activities that are planned for

them. Thank you to Mrs Brett, Ms Tanya and Robyn

Vella for helping to organise the day.

The Grade 5 and Grade 6 students also venture off to

Echuca for their Billabong Ranch Camp at the start of

next term (Monday 16th April). It is the first day back, so

please be sure to mark it on your calender or on the fridge

so you don't forget.

I hope you all have a safe and happy Easter.


Ms Rebecca McLean, P-6 Level Coordinator

Heroes And Villains Day Last Friday, 23rd March the Wedderburn College Year

6‟s had a „Heroes and Villains Dress Up Day‟. There

were Villains lurking around the school as well as Heroes

prepared to save the day!

It was an amazing day! There were Villains such as

Captain Hook and Cat Woman. There were also Heroes

such as Zorro and Little Red Riding Hood.

That morning there was a P-6 Assembly where the Year

6‟s paraded around. Colourful dressups everywhere!

There were a variety of Heroes: Who Were:

Zorro

Little Red Riding Hood

Dr. Victor Chang

Mother Mary McKillop

C.E.R.T Member

Batman

Super Woman

Sir Donald Bradman

Indiana Jones

Sugar Plum Fairy

A Variety Of Villains Who were:

First Mate (Pirate)

Catwoman

Captain Hook

EVERYDAY HEROES:

Nat

Charlotte

Matt

Brandon

SPORTING HEROES:

Ella

Taylor

Carly

School work revolved around Heroes and Villains for the

day!

Billabong Ranch Camp notes went home yesterday in the

Yr 6 room. Extra information to this letter is that ALL

students attending camp must wear their school uniform

to camp and home from camp. Students are allowed to

take up to $5.00 spending money to spend on the last

day at the canteen but it is not compulsory to take any

money at all.

7-9 SUB SCHOOL NEWS

Homework Year 9 English Text in Action Homework due on

Tuesdays

Year 8 English Text in Action Homework due on

Wednesdays.

Year 7 English Text in Action Homework due on

Thursdays.

Richard Dougall, 7-9 Year Level Coordinator

GENERAL NEWS

SPORTS NEWS

Dates for the coming months: SSV Swimming Thursday 29th March

House Cross Country Week of 7th -11th May, exact

day TBC

NCD Cross Country Thursday 24th May

Marcus Smalley, Sports Coordinator

Great Achievements by Jordan and

Nathan Jordan Hargreaves has been selected in the final squad

of 45 players for the Bendigo Pioneers Under 18 Team.

That team plays in the TAC competition which starts in

April.

Nath Holt has been appointed Captain of the final squad

of 25 players for the Bendigo Pioneers Under 16 Team.


That team plays in a carnival on 13-15 April in Bendigo.

A Victorian Country Team will be selected from players

at the carnival.

Players in the teams are selected from the North West

Region leagues which include Central Murray, Mallee,

Golden Rivers, Echuca, North Central, Bendigo, and

Sunraysia.

Robyn Vella

Garden

Gnome

Gossip

This week in the garden there were a lot of helpers.

On Thursday

afternoon Mrs

Chalmer's Grade 4/5

students were

the first to

come and help.

Students had

finished

shovelling dirt

onto the

rockery area

and so the next

step was to

plant lots of

natives. Students were very enthusiastic. All plants have

now been put in and looking terrific.

There was still a bit of painting to be done, so Cheyenne

Reid and Genevieve Tonkin got frocked up ready to

wow the class with some colourful pictures. Well done

girls!

Thanks to the group of girls who cleaned out straw from

the chook

house floor and

their nests.

You did a

fantastic job!

Next class to

find their way

up to the

garden was

Mrs Prevos' Grade 1/2

students.

There were still

quite a lot of

bean seeds left from another

class, so I thought it would

be fun for the students to

plant their own "special"

beans as well. They waited

patiently in line for beans

and name tags to be given

out. It was lovely to see!

On Friday, Mrs

McKenzie's Grade 3/4

visited for a short time.

The students helped by

watering garden beds,

collecting eggs, weeding

and raking up those leaves

and bark that are always

appearing. Thanks Grade

3/4 for all your efforts to help make the garden look neat!

On Monday Mrs Polkinghorne's Grade P/1 planted their

very own flower pots. All students chose aplant which

had their favourite colour flower to put into the "Fairy

Garden" which has real Fairies and Dragons.

Students had a great time creating a colourful area in the

garden and did a terrific job of digging and planting. Each

plant has a tag with the student's name on it so the

children can keep track of how their plant is going.

That's all for this week.

One more thing, would there be anyone willing to bring

manure of any kind to the garden so the garden can get a

bit of a boost. Let me know. I would be very grateful.

Thanks to everyone for their efforts in keeping the garden

looking neat and tidy, that includes putting rubbish in the

bin.

Everyone have a safe and enjoyable Easter.

Cheerio from Trina Garden Co-ordinator.


BASKETBALL REPORT

Hi everyone,

This is another reminder that the finals night for Intermediates will be held on the last day of term – THIS FRIDAY.

Please note the change to times of games due to school finishing at 2.30pm:

Time Team 1 Team 2 Umpire 1 Umpire 2

Duty

Parent /

First Aid

2:40pm Red Black Jarvis Holt Brad Holt Alex Holt

3.15pm Green Yellow Sharyn Lockhart Meg Lockhart Alex Holt

3.50pm Winner Winner Jude Holt Susie Lockhart Alex Holt

4.40pm PRESENTATIONS

Presentations will be held immediately after the grandfinal.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You

As this is the last newsletter for the term, we need to pass on our thanks to a few people.

At the start of the season, we said that for basketball to continue it would need to be a team effort off and on the court,

and in the usual can-do Wedderburn style, everyone who was asked to help out did so!

So a big thank you to:

The Duty Parents – Our biggest challenge was ensuring that we had a first aid trained parent on hand for every

game, and we achieved this. Thankfully, we only had a few minor scratches to deal with.

The Coaches – Sometimes you had too many players and other times not enough, but your help with subs and

keeping everyone on track was very much appreciated.

The Scorers - This is an important job, particularly when the games are close, so it‟s good to know that the players

can rely on the scorers getting the information onto the score sheet accurately.

The Umpires - This can sometimes be a thankless job, but without umpires we have no games. So to the parents

and players (most of who had never umpired before) – Well done!!! Next term we will try and increase the number

of umpires to reduce the workload of everyone.

The Supporters – It means a lot to the players to have parents, grandparents, and friends come and watch, and this

creates a great atmosphere during the games. Thank you for taking time out to watch the games.

Now to a couple of special mentions:

Mrs Wright and the School Council– Without the continued support of Mrs Wright and the School Council, the

competition would not continue, and students wouldn‟t have the opportunity to play at the tournaments that the

school supports.

Mr Fowles – Mr Fowles is the only non-parent adult helper. He supports by coaching and umpiring, and has done

this for a number of years.

Alex Holt – Although Alex “retired” this year, she was still at the stadium weekly helping with the Intermediates as

Duty Parent, and scoring for other games when we were short.

Everyone involved should be very proud of what has been achieved. Basketball is a great game, and it‟s fantastic that

our students have the opportunity to play locally.

See you all again this Friday, and in Term 4.

Susie & Jude


COMMUNITY NEWS

ZUMBA KLC Wedderburn College

Wednesdays 5:30-6:30pm

$8 adults $5 students

Jenni Williams, Zumba Instructor

-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-

After school club After school club for this term.

When: Every Wednesday

Where: Church of Christ Hall

Reef Street Wedderburn

Time: After school till 5:00pm.

The bus is available opposite school in hospital street to

take the children to Church of Christ.


AUSKICK PROGRAM COMMENCES

Auskick is starting again in Wedderburn on Thursday

April 19th for boys and girls aged 5 to 12 years.

All NAB AFL Auskick participants in Victoria that

register online and pay online before 30th March 2012

will be eligible for the NAB AFL Auskick Club Connect

program which includes 2 children and 2 adult tickets to

an AFL match to see your favourite team's game

absolutely free.

Please contact Cam Turnbull on 0428 943 418 or

Ashley Isaac on 0428 743 844 for any further

information.


WEDDERBURN HOCKEY CLUB Training Nights

Junior A and Underage players will have training on

Wednesday night between 3:30 and 5pm. Remember

you need to have all you gear on including shin pads

and mouth guard.

Junior A and Underage will not be training over the

holidays so we will need to pick a team for Saturday the

14th of April ( weekend before school starts back) as well

as captains. During the holidays players are more than

welcome to train with the Men and Women on Thursday

night.

If you are keen to be a team manger and haven't let me

know please do so asap. On Wednesday night I'll handout

a flyer about umpiring. The club is getting Abbie-Lee

Ferguson up to run an umpiring session. She is excellent

at putting the theory and practical together. The club will

be providing an incentive to players and members who

make a commitment to umpire. More information soon.

With thanks,

Carlie Turnbull

EXCITING TIMES FOR HOCKEY

LOVERS!

On Wednesday the 21st of March the Wedderburn

College and Hockey Club were fortunate enough to host a

Victorian State Hockey Coach because of the ongoing

support of our local Wedderburn Community House. The

Wedderburn Community House continues to support and

foster the development and love of sport in our

community from junior to senior players. We are

extremely grateful for their financial support.

Marten de Man is a highly credentialed Under 15 and 17

boys State Coach with Hockey Victoria. As junior player

Marten was a member of several state representative

teams and currently plays for Greensborough Hockey


Club.

The day started with an informal chat about game

structures and how we can develop all players and our

club to be competitive through team participation,

enjoyment individual growth and achievement.

Wedderburn College students participated in an

information and skill session that emphasized the

importance of ball movement and skill acquisition.

Marten was able to breakdown the skills needed for

flicks, aerials and tomahawks. All of the students were

amazed in his ability to execute such skills so easily.

In the afternoon Wedderburn Hockey Club players had

two training sessions with Marten. These two sessions

emphasized the importance of teamwork, enjoyment and

practice! All players thoroughly enjoyed their training

session and developed their expertise at hitting, trapping,

moving the ball forwards and backwards and most

importantly thinking and teamwork.

The Wedderburn Hockey Club are planning on getting

Marten back to the club shortly so we can continue to

develop and strengthen the skill set of our players and

members. Once again we thank the Wedderburn

Community House for making this day possible and look

forward to their support in the future.

L2P Program Revs Up! In the past 6 months the Buloke and Loddon Shires have

been working together to launch a dynamic program

assisting learner drivers under 21 years of age, who do

not have access to a supervising driver or vehicle, to gain

the driving experience required to apply for a

probationary license.

This is achieved by matching young people with fully

licensed volunteer mentors, who meet regularly to use a

sponsored vehicle to gain supervised driving experience.

The Buloke Loddon Program now has 3 young learner

drivers have commenced driving sessions with their

mentors in the L2P Car, which has been generously

donated by CVGT; with another 10 learner drivers

waiting for mentors in their location.

Over two Sundays, the 29th of April and 6th of May, the

program will be running a supervisor driver training

course for individuals who hope to become mentors.

If you are a fully licensed driver, who feels they have the

time and driving experience to share with a learner driver,

we would love to hear from you.

We also still have a few places available for learner

drivers who are finding it difficult to log the 120 learner

driver practice hours.

For more information or to volunteer for either of these

opportunities, please contact Amanda Parker, on,

[email protected] or 0467 787 328


Hi everyone,

I have decided to write about electronic

cigarettes. On 1 January 2009, legislative changes came in to effect to prohibit electronic cigarettes and their cartridges

containing nicotine in Victoria. The decision was made on the basis that nicotine for human use is a dangerous poison

and electronic cigarettes have not been assessed for safety, quality or efficacy. In Victoria it is illegal to manufacture, sell,

supply, purchase or otherwise obtain, possess or use an electronic cigarette or cartridge containing nicotine. The

prohibition applies to electronic cigarettes obtained from anywhere within Australia as well as overseas, whether over the

internet or by other means.

The Australian medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration does not support the use of electronic

cigarettes: http://www.tga.gov.au/consumers/ecigarettes.htm and has not assessed any of these products as therapeutic

goods.

There are advocates within the media who suggest that electronic cigarettes containing nicotine are therapeutic goods

when used as an aid in withdrawal from smoking and can therefore be legally imported for personal use. These

suggestions are incorrect and misleading.

Electronic cigarettes containing nicotine are not regulated as therapeutic goods in Australia and cannot be legally

imported for personal use.

Some electronic cigarettes and cartridges may be advertised as “nicotine-free”. Unless such products are tested and found

to be nicotine-free by accredited laboratories, suppliers and potential consumers cannot rely on such marketing claims.

Certain smoking cessation aids containing nicotine have been assessed as medicines for therapeutic use by the

Therapeutic Goods Administration and can be legally supplied and used in Australia. Products are available from

supermarkets and pharmacies and include lozenges, gums, transdermal patches, inhalers and tablets. The labels will

include the AUST R number indicating that the products are listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.

Smokers wishing to give up smoking are encouraged to seek the support of Quit Victoria by calling the Quitline on 13

7848 (13 QUIT) or checking the website on http://www.quit.org.au/

Victoria Police is responsible for investigating supplies of electronic cigarettes to the public. The local police station

should be contacted if electronic cigarettes are being offered for sale from retail outlets, irrespective of whether or not the

sales are being promoted as “nicotine-free”.

If further information on the regulation of electronic cigarettes containing nicotine in Victoria is needed, please contact

Drugs and Poisons Regulation phone 1300 364 545. Other recent controls on drugs and drug paraphernalia:

Synthetic cannabinoids and their derivates were prohibited in Victoria on 8 July 2011

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/images/stories/documents/mediareleases/2011/110708_Wooldridge_-

_Victoria_welcomes_decision_to_ban_synthetic_cannabis.pdf.

The sale, display and supply of bongs, bong kits and bong components will be banned in Victoria from 1 January 2012

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/1821-bong-ban-to-end-labors-mixed-message-to-kids-and-

youth.html.

The display (for sale) of ornamental water pipes used for smoking tobacco products will be restricted to no more than

three within a retail outlet from 1 January 2012. For more information go to

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/aod/bongandhookahlaw.htm

Cheers!

Patrice Rickard, School Nurse

Have a good and safe school break Everyone!

Happy Easter!

http://www.tga.gov.au/consumers/ecigarettes.htm

http://www.quit.org.au/

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/images/stories/documents/mediareleases/2011/110708_Wooldridge_-_Victoria_welcomes_decision_to_ban_synthetic_cannabis.pdf

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/images/stories/documents/mediareleases/2011/110708_Wooldridge_-_Victoria_welcomes_decision_to_ban_synthetic_cannabis.pdf

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/1821-bong-ban-to-end-labors-mixed-message-to-kids-and-youth.html

http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/1821-bong-ban-to-end-labors-mixed-message-to-kids-and-youth.html

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/aod/bongandhookahlaw.htm


Wedderburn Kindergarten

is collecting Pauls Collect A Cap.

Every cap is worth 10c so please keep as many as

you can for us.

Thanks,

Kylie Cunningham

wedderburn college newsletter 28th march 2012

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