Corryong College

Keeping In Touch 7th October, 2016

P O Box 225, Corryong, Vic. 3707

Tel. No. 02 6076 1566 & 02 6076 1061

Senior Campus Fax. No. 02 6076 1650

Junior Campus Fax. No. 02 6076 1849

www.corryong.vic.edu.au

corryong.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Welcome Back to Term 4

Teachers and students at Corryong College have started the term running; with Hume Athletics Carnival, Healthy Harold, VCE

Indonesian Oral Examination and the Year 7 Immunisation program all happening this week.

The next few weeks look just as busy with students studying Units 3 and 4 finishing off courses and preparing for the exam peri-

od. The last day for Year 12s is on Wednesday 19th October. There is also the CFA ADVANCE awards afternoon, transition

days. information evenings, work experience, Presentation Evening and the Curriculum Day on the 31st October.

SunSmart Term 4

Parents and students are reminded that our College is a SunSmart school. Each year in Terms 1 and 4 our SunSmart policy re-

quires students to wear a broad-brimmed hat whenever they are out in the sun including sport or PE classes, and including recess

and lunch breaks. Parents are asked to assist us by ensuring students attend school during Term 4 with an appropriate broad-

brimmed hat.

Regular Summer Uniform

The days are getting longer with the odd warm days of sunshine. Our students have responded by offloading their winter attire

and replacing it with our summer uniform.

In most cases students and families have organised the appropriate attire for the change of seasons but in some cases students

have taken upon it themselves to ignore the uniform guidelines that are outlined in their School Planner. Currently the Uniform

policy states; Tailored plain navy or grey shorts (short casual shorts or football shorts are not permitted).

Some students are wearing shorts that are briefer than mid-thigh and this was unanimously supported at the leadership team

meeting late last term as being inappropriate school attire. Further discussion regarding the wording of the policy is to take place

at the next School Council meeting scheduled for November.

I would like to take this opportunity to also remind parents that if their child is unable to attend school in full school uniform that

they should supply a note for their child to show to their form teacher first thing in the morning.

Thank you for your support in this matter.

Child Safety and Visitors to the College

The College seeks to provide an open and friendly learning environment which values and actively encourages visitors to our

school. At the same time we recognize our duty of care to ensure a safe environment for our students and staff, and we recognize

our responsibility to protect and preserve our resources against theft, vandalism or misuse.

All visitors have a role to play in supporting a culture of child safety at our school. Parents cannot go directly to the classroom to

collect their children but are required to report to the administration office prior to undertaking any activity within the school.

Other than in the case of short inquiries or business in the administration offices, visitors will be required to sign a “Visitors’

book. At the end of their visit they will be requested to ‘sign out’ in the ‘Visitors book’.

The College understands that it is tempting at times for some parents to just pop in and deliver a lunch or a sport uniform or

whatever without reporting to the office first but we must insist that all parents follow the College’s process at all times.

School Levies and Charges

Term 4 has just begun., hence it is important that outstanding school levies and charges are settled as soon as possible.

School levies and charges for students undertaking programs at the College including instrumental music were distributed to

families via the post towards the end of Term 1. Payment of school levies and charges is a significant component of meeting a

child’s education. We ask parents to make arrangements, as soon as possible, for payment at the College Office. College Coun-

cil sets fees and charges in order to provide the quality of facilities and programs enjoyed by our students. Parents’ cooperation

is appreciated.

Thank you to all those parents that have already made payments. If you would like to make progressive payments, please contact

the College Office to make arrangements.

Tony Valente (Principal)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Term 4 , 2016

Week 2

Mon 10th

Tues 11th

Wed 12th

Camp Snowy River Yr 4

Thurs 13th

Camp Snowy River Yr 4

Fri 14th

Camp Snow River Yr 4

Foundation transition 9am-

11am

Week 3

Mon 17th

Tues 18th

Wed 19th

Hume Inter Girls Cricket

(9/10)

Thurs 20th

Fri 21st

Week 4

Mon 24th

Tues 25th Wed 26th Thurs 27th Fri 28th

Foundation transition

9am-11am

Week 5

Mon 31st

PUPIL FREE DAY

NOVEMBER

Tues 1st Melbourne

Cup Public Holiday

Wed 2nd Thurs 3rd Fri 4th

Week 6

Mon 7th

Tues 8th Wed 9th Thurs 10th Fri 11th

Foundation transition

9am-11am

Week 7

Mon 14th

Year 9 Arts Connect

Tues 15th

Year 9 Arts Connect

Wed 16th

Year 9 Arts Connect

Year 11 Exams

Thurs 17th

Year 11 Exams

Fri 18th

Head Start Year 11

Week 8

Mon 21st

Tues 22nd Wed 23rd Thurs 24th Fri 25th

Grandparents Day

Foundation transition

9am-11am

Wednesday

26th Oct

9.00am-12.15pm English

Thurs day

27th Oct

9.00am-11.45am Psychology

Friday

28th Oct

9.00am –11.45am

2.00pm-3.45pm

Biology

Further Mathematics

Examination 1

Monday

31st Oct

9.00am-10.45am Further Mathematics

Examination 2

Tuesday

1st Nov

Melbourne Cup

Public Holiday

Wednesday

2nd Nov

9.00am-10.15am

3.00pm –5.15pm

Mathematical Methods

Examination 1

Physical Education

Thursday

3rd Nov

9.00am-10.45am

11.45am-2.00pm

3.00pm-5.15pm

Product Design & Technology

Mathematical Methods

Examination 2

Health and Human Develop-

ment

Friday

4th Nov

11.45am-2.00pm Literature

Monday

7th Nov

3.00-5.15pm History : Revolutions

Tuesday

8th Nov

9.00am-11.45am

2.00pm-3.45pm

Chemistry

Visual Communication

Wednesday

9th Nov

9.00am –11.45 Physics

Thursday

10th Nov

9.00am-10.45am

11.45am-2.00pm

Studio Arts VET Hospitality

History : Australian History

Friday

11th Nov

9.00am –10.45am

3.00pm-5.15

VET Furnishing

Geography

Monday

14th Nov

11.45am-2.00pm

Global Politics

Tuesday

15th Nov

9.00am-10.45am VET Engineering Studies

Wednesday

16th Nov

11.45am-2.00pm Indonesian

VCE EXAM TIMETABLE 2016

Students banking— Tuesday.

upcoming Events

12th, 13th, 14th Oct—Grade 4

camp.

Hats. A reminder that Corryong College is part of a Sun Smart school and during Term 1 and 4 Hats

need to be worn for all outdoor activities. Hats are available to purchase at the office. Cost $12.00.

Term 4 begins on October 3rd.

Prep transition. Corryong College is offering the following dates for Foundation (Prep) Transition to

increase your child’s comfort during their first year.

Friday 14th October 9.00a.m.—11.00a.m.

Friday 28th October 9.00a.m.—11.00a.m.

Friday 11th November 9.00a.m.—12.40p.m.

Friday 25th November 9.00a.m.—12.40p.m.

Friday 2nd December 9.00a.m.—3.20p.m.

MILO CRICKET—In the last week of Term 3

Charles Sheather from Cricket Australia spent the

morning with the students promoting Milo

Cricket which is a program dedicated to helping

students learn the skills to play cricket.

Corryong College would like to thank IGA for their donation of vegetable and flowering seeds. The seeds will be used in the SAKG and junior campus gardens.

North East Bushrangers—Jess McLean

Jess McLean has over the past few months been playing representative football with the U/18’s North East Bushrangers

football team. Jess competed in the VLine Cup last week where she came up against representative teams from across the

state—the Bushrangers were undefeated in their 2 matches. They will now take on the Goulburn Murray Bushrangers on

the 23rd of October, where Jess will be hoping to earn a place in the Bushrangers Academy Squad. If she is successful, she

will then hope to compete in the TAC Cup Carnival in March next year, vying for a spot in the Vic Country Squad to com-

pete at the National Championships. It’s an exciting time for girl’s football in the north east and Jess is leading the way for

girls in Corryong—well done and good luck!

ICAS Maths Competition 2016

In August 41 students from Year

three through to Year 12 were select-

ed to participate in the ICAS mathe-

matics competition. We had some

amazing results! Corryong College

achieved 16 credit certificates which

places these students in the top 36 %

for their age in Australia.

The following students achieved a

distinction certificate which places

them in the top 11% for their age in

Australia: Tyler Crane,

Zac Whitsed, Lachy Martin,

Ben Hewatt, Sam Paton,

Jake Tregilgas, Adele Miles, Amelia

Melhuish and Tom Ross.

A special mention to Tom who

placed in the top 2 % of students

for his age in Australia.

One of our Year 3 Students,

Hayley Whitsed achieved a high

distinction, which places her in the

top 1% for students her age in Aus-

tralia.

A fantastic achievement.

Well done to all students that

represented Corryong College, these

results are amazing!

Congratulations to the Chicken Club won the secondary school division of

the RSA School Egg Laying Competition at the Melbourne Show. Students

from Years 5 to 10 formed two teams to raise chickens last term. The chick-

ens arrived when they were 9 weeks old. As they grew we recorded their

mass, how much they ate, checked them for disease and made sure they

lived in a clean and safe environment. At the Melbourne show, the chickens

were judged on their health and condition, the quality of the eggs and the

poster explaining the information we had collected. The students’ excellent

efforts were rewarded with:

Blue Team: Equal Third for poster, Third for quality of chicken eggs, 1ST

Overall in the secondary schools competition

Yellow Team: Equal Third for poster. The results haven’t come out yet, but this team was in the top 5 for the

secondary school section. We competed against 22 other schools. Congratulations to all involved.

PARENTS’ CLUB We are to have our second last meeting for the year next Monday 10th October at 2pm in the HUB at the senior campus. If you have any agenda items, please feel free to let me know and I will add them. Looking forward to seeing you then.

We are looking for donations of biscuits/cakes/slices/muffins for our upcoming Open Garden next weekend at Kaye & David Laverty’s property at Lucyvale. This is a fantastic opportunity for our school and we need people to support it, so we would love you to bake something and get a group together to visit the garden.

We will also need people to assist on the day with manning the gate, serving beverages etc...(Any assistance would be greatly appreciated)

If you have any items could you please drop off at the school offices or at Melissa Humphrey’s salon (rear of 68 Towong Road).

Would you consider donating some of your time to volunteer in the Op Shop? We still need helpers and people willing to join the committee of man-agement. If you can help out please contact Sally 60760529.

Yours truly Petrina Hewatt Secretary Corryong College Parents’ Club

Your names and age: ____________________________________________________

Contact phone number: ________________

What will happen to the scarecrow after the weekend?

○ We will pick it up from the garden on Sunday afternoon after 3pm

○ We will pick it up from Corryong College senior campus.

○ We don’t want it, so it can be thrown out or displayed at another venue.

Corryong College Parents’ Club are running a scarecrow competition as part of the Open Garden at

Kaye and David Laverty’s Garden“The Wattles”on Saturday and Sunday 15 – 16 October

From 9am to 5pmLaverty Road, Lucyvale

Make a scarecrow and win some great prizes. Open to all ages. Free entry.

Just attach this enter form and drop your scarecrow at Corryong College Senior Campus or

Agmate Rural, Donaldson Street By Thursday 14th October

Corryong Gymnastics Gymathon, Saturday 8th October, 2016 All gymnasts are welcome to participate in the 12 hour gym-a-thon at the ECA centre starting at 9am and finishing at 9pm. Gymnasts need to nominate times when they would like to partake, a sign-up sheet is avail-able in the foyer. Only students in Years 6 and above are able to participate in the entire 12 hours, junior gym-nasts are encouraged to nominate shorter periods of time between 9am and 4pm. Collect as many sponsors as you can, ask family/friends/neighbours. Bring your sponsorship form with you to the gym-a-thon. A time-keeper will note the hours you achieve and the skill levels you gain. Your sponsorship form will be signed ready for you to collect your money. Photocopy extra sponsor sheets if required. Collect sponsorship money and hand to Kimb or Gavin HEYCOX (0434345425) by Tuesday 18

th October if you can.

A prize will be awarded to each gymnast who raises $100 or more and to the gymnast who raises the most money.

Year 8 Indonesian 30 word spelling review! As usual these words are also a quizlet set which can be accessed from home. Test is on 12 October 2016.

umur - age adat - customs manis - sweet bulan - month pasar - market enak - delicious merayakan - celebrate mau - want dingin - cold tahun - year untuk - for panas - hot laki-laki - male saja - just/only murah - cheap perempuan - female baiklah - good/ok kopi - coffee hari - day membeli - buy mahal - expensive sama-sama - you’re welcome penjual - seller minum - drink khas - special mahal sekali! - very expensive! air - water upacara - custom Berapa harganya? - How much? segar - fresh Year 7 Indonesian spelling words for test on 13 October 2016 datang - come yang - that tinggal - stay dari - from adat - custom khas - special upacara - ceremony gambar - picture dengan - with

COME & TRY

Free Jazz & Hip Hop lessons

Taught by qualified dancer Rebecca Hamilton

Classes available Term 4

Monday – Corryong

Tuesday – Khancoban

Wednesday – Walwa

Primary & Secondary available on interest

Please register interest by 14/10/2016

Classes will commence following week

All enquiries please email:

uppermurraydance@gmail.com

Milo Cricket

Corryong Cricket Club are looking for a coordinator for 10-12 weeks to be in charge of Milo Cricket.

The person will need to manage and run the program for 6-10 year olds. If you are interested or

know of anyone that may be, please contact Colin Low 0427 672 732 or leave a message at Upper

Murray Pizza 6076 1791.

Tumbarumba Public School Equestrian Championship

Saturday 19th November 2016

The Parade Tumbarumba

Start Time. 8.30

Entry Fee $25.00 per competitor

Entries to be in by Friday 21st Oc-

tober

Registration forms can be collected from Corryong

Any queries regarding the roster call Sally Permezel 0260760529 or email sallypermezel@bigpond.com;

OP SHOP ROSTER OCTOBER 2016

Program Background As part of the Victorian Government’s dairy assistance package the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) is being extended to students currently enrolled in government and non-government schools whose parents own, share-farm or lease a dairy farm business; or those people whose prima-ry occupation is working on a dairy farm.

Who is eligible? Students currently enrolled at the start of Term 3, 2016 in government and non-government schools where one or both parents:

own an operating dairy farm are share farmers on a property primarily operating as a dairy farm hold a lease for an operating dairy farm work as an employee on an operating dairy farm and this is their main source of employment. Evidence may include: a dairy industry license issued by Dairy Food Safety Victoria (DFSV) lease documentation share farming contract agreement with a dairy production/supply company a letter from an employer a statutory declaration stating the family’s main business or employment is on an operating dairy

farm (in cases where other forms of evidence are not available). Confirmation from a kindergarten that a younger sibling has been approved for the dairy Kinder-

garten Fee Subsidy on the basis of being an eligible dairy farming family (as above)

Families who received the means-tested CSEF payment are also eligible. However families that have previously qualified for the CSEF Drought assistance are not able to also access the CSEF Dairy assis-tance funding.

How much is the dairy assistance payment?

A one-off amount of $375 per student will be paid to schools.

Do parent’s need to apply for this assistance?

Yes. Parents/legal guardians and independent secondary students will need to apply for this assis-tance via the Dairy Assistance Application Form along with evidence as requested by 18 November 2016.

CAMPS, SPORTS AND EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF) - DAIRY ASSISTANCE

The College is currently setting up a programme to contact parents/guardians when their student is absent from

school without reason (the College has not been contacted to say that the student will be away).

To assist us to do this we require the students parent/guardian mobile phone number.

Please assist us by completing the form below and returning to the College as soon as possible

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Name: __________________________________________ Phone Number: _________________________________

10th

Am : Dianne Bren-

nan

PM:Kate, Jane Chris

11th AM : Rowie

PM Emily Kiebat &

Kirsty Williams

12th

AM : Judi Mercer,

Rowie

PM Jane Mongan

Rita

13th

AM : Redel White-

head

Christine Menadue

PM Melissa White-

head, Louise Middle-

ton

14th

AM : Sacred Heart

School

PM Sharyn Nankervis

15th

Rowie