Corryong College

Keeping In Touch 14th 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,

Year 12 Farewell – State-wide ‘No Muck Up!’

The final day that Year 12 students are expected to attend school this year is on Wednesday, October 19 th. This will be followed

by a week of ‘swot vac’ and Year 12 exams commencing with English on Wednesday October 26 th. That said, students at the

College studying LOTE – Indonesian undertook their oral exam in Wangaratta last week.

Prior to their exams it is essential that students maximise their focus on their studies. They need our full support during this

challenging period. Each year the Department of Education and training forwards a memo to all principals of Secondary

Colleges and P-12 Colleges highlighting the state-wide expectation to the end of the year by Year 12 students.

Although October 19th should be a pleasant end to their formal school education it is NOT a ‘muck up’ day. Consistent with the

approach throughout the state student misbehaviour on the day will NOT be tolerated (this applies to ALL students). Students

who damage property, disrupt the school or engage in unlawful behaviour will face strong sanctions. It should also be remem-

bered that it is a trespass offence for unauthorised people to be on school property after school hours. As in previous years, a

security firm will be engaged to protect school property during the final few evenings.

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

requires 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.

Enrolments for 2017

The College is well under way in making plans for the curriculum it will be offering in 2017.The gathering of accurate enrol-

ment information is vital to the planning of classes, timetables and allotments at a school. Please ensure you inform the school

sooner, rather than later about your plans for next year if you are leaving the town or you intend to enrol a child at the College.

This is particularly important in a couple of year levels where numbers are approaching the maximum for either one class or two

classes. In such situations schools may not be able to accommodate late enrolments as this requires the splitting of classes and

the corresponding allocation of further teachers and adjustments to the timetable. The whole process of advertising, interviewing

and appointing a new teaching employee takes the best part of four weeks and cannot be expedited due to strict DET merit and

equity procedures.

I would hate to have to turn a family away, even temporarily, because the school is unable to accommodate the enrolment of a

new student.

Corryong College is seeking enrolment information for ALL year levels for 2017 NOW!

Student Accident Insurance – Ambulance Cover Arrangements

The Department of Education and Training (DET) has recently advised schools that parents should be reminded that the Depart-

ment does not provide personal accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents and guardians of students, who do

not have student accident insurance/ambulance cover, are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured stu-

dents, including the cost of ambulance attendance/transport and any other transport costs. These costs may be recoverable from

the Department where an injury is caused by the negligence (carelessness) of the Department, a school council or their employ-

ees or volunteers.

Student accident insurance/ambulance cover policies are available from some commercial insurers, and can be obtained by par-

ents/guardians for individual students.

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 3

Mon 17th

Year 8 into Year 9

Information evening

7pm-8.00pm

Tues 18th

Wed 19th

Hume Inter Girls Cricket

(9/10)|

Year 8& 9 subject selection

interview 19th to 21st for

year 9/10 subjects 2017

Thurs 20th

Year 8& 9 subject selection interview 19th to 21st for year 9/10 subjects 2017

Fri 21st

Year 8& 9 subject selection interview 19th to 21st for year 9/10 subjects 2017

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

CFA Presentation day

Week 6

Mon 7th

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

Foundation transition

9am-12.40pm

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-12.40pm

CANTEEN DAILY SPECIALS TERM 4 2016

Monday Chicken Burger $5.00, Nacho’s $3.50

Tuesday Lamb Wrap $5.00, Wedges $3.50

Wednesday Hamburgers / Cheeseburgers $5.00, Pizza $2.50, Nacho’s $3.50

Thursday Calamari & Salad Tub or Chicken Tenders and Salad Tub $5.00, Gems $3.50

Friday Chicken Chilli Wrap $5.00 / Pizza $2.50

Students banking— Tuesday.

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

28th October—Assembly

2.45p.m. All Welcome.

25th November—

Grandparents and Special

Friends Day. More details to

follow.

Swimming

7th Dec F/1

8th Dec Grade 2,3 and 4’s

13th/14th Dec Grade 2,3, and 4

15th Dec. Fun day at the Pool

for all students F-4

Hats. A reminder that Corryong College is 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.

Grade 4 Camp.

On Wednesday a group of excited Grade 4’s headed to the Snowy River camp.

Next week will publish some news from their adventure.

Lucky Book club was distributed to all

students. Closing date is 24th October.

Please ensure all orders are handed to the

office prior to the date.

Vegetable Babies - The Year 10 Science class has been studying genetics. This week we

created vegetable babies while understanding the difference between dominant and reces-

sive traits. The babies tend to have eyes like their Mum and feet like their Dad.

The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. Dr. Seuss

Corryong College students have once again achieved exceptional results for their participation in the International English Competition

and Assessment organised by the University of New South Wales and Educational Assessment Australia in July this year.

39 students from the College were involved in the UNSW English Competition with two of those students achieving Merit level. An in-

credible 56% of all students who took part attained Credit certificates or higher.

Ellie Holland from Year 6 was awarded a Distinction certificate for her outstanding achievement of being placed in the top 3% of all Year

6 Australian participants. Year 7 student Barry Pearce is no stranger to attaining high results in this competition and he has once again

achieved a result that places him in the top 11% for his year level. Similarly, Matilda Houston, who is currently studying for her VCE,

was also recognized for attaining results that place her in the top 4% nationwide.

Year 12 is a particularly challenging year for any student and Corryong College would like to recognize the great achievements of Dillon

Jarvis, Isabel Cribb and Niam Foxcroft who were all awarded Credit certificates at this highly competitive level.

With results like these, there can be little doubting the fact that Corryong College English students are certainly going places!

1788 and a change in time.

What does the arrival of the First Fleet

at Sydney Cove, the French Revolution

and changing clocks all have to with

each other? Well, 1788 is the link! In

1788, while Captain Arthur Phillip was

getting his feet wet walking up the

beach, the leaders of the French Revo-

lution were making radical changes to

how they measured time (not to men-

tion the King of Frances collar size!)

The long and short of it was the French

proposed to divide a day in a period of

10 hours. Each hour would be made up

of 100 minutes while each minute 100

seconds. Clearly, it didn’t take on, alt-

hough members of the French were

still discussing it as late as 1900.

This week, in their STEAM studies,

the students in Years 5 and 6 were

challenged with the task of creating a

device that would measure a time in-

terval of 86 seconds, the equivalence

of a decimal minute. At the time of

writing this article the students are still

in the process of testing and modifying

their timepieces. I wonder how differ-

ent things might have been had we

adopted decimal time?

Year 7 Indonesian spelling words

gurih - tasty

manis - sweet

asin - salty

asam - sour

pedas - spicy hot

yang - that

dengan - with

undangan - invitation

makanan - food

pesta - party

Year 8 Indonesian spelling words

Ayo - Let’s go

undangan - invitation

semoga - hopefully

panjang - long

tempat - place

makanan - food

minuman - drinks/beverages

pesta - party

hari ulang tahun - birthday

Upper Hume Athletics A great day at the Upper Hume Athletics Carnival on Friday. Some of the highlights include; Zac

Whitsed 1st in 100 and 200, Ben Hewatt 2nd in triple jump, George McKimmie 3rd in triple jump, boys 12 year 4 x 100 relay

1st, Lily McKimmie 2nd in high jump, Hayley Whitsed 3rd in 800 and 200, Lachie Nugent 3rd in shot put, Brodie Wheeler 4th

in 200 and 10 year girls 4 x 100 relay 2nd. Congratulations to all our competitors.

Ovens and Mitta Athletics Just two of our medallist’s at today's Hume Athletics Finals.

Well done to both Eli (1st triple jump, 2nd long jump and shot put) and Ryan (2nd 800m). Eli was also awarded age champion and will

compete at the State Finals in triple jump in a couple of weeks time. Also finishing with a silver medal was Ethan Low in the javelin.

Well done to all our competitors.

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

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: _________________________________

Corryong Tough Mudder

This week Corryong College's Active for Life class launched a major fundraising event as part of the Adidas School Fun Run Program.

Corryong Tough Mudder is being held on Friday 11th November. The event is being used to raise money towards the restoration of the B

Block basketball court and surrounding area which is in desperate need of a face lift. All students in years 5 - 12 have the opportunity to

take part in not only the event but also in helping raise money - the more we raise, the more we can do! Students can go online to

www.schoolfunrun.com.au to register and create their profile page. We urge family and friends to support our students by going to their

profile page to donate — all you need to do is ask them for the link!

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 Champion-

ship

Saturday 19th November 2016

The Parade Tumbarumba

Start Time. 8.30

Entry Fee $25.00 per competitor

Entries to be in by Friday 21st October

Registration forms can be collected from Corryong

College—Senior Campus Office.

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

Swimming club information packs available from Pip Brown. Send an email to pipcol@bigpond.net.au or phone 0427 761 616 or 6076 1616. Learn to swim Lessons (6 months and up) available with Mitchell Brown Monday 19th Dec to Friday 23rd Decem-ber. Contact Pip immediately if you wish to do lessons with Mitchell so class times can be allocated.

Drop in at Pip’s to try on club swimwear, orders must be received by Wednesday 19th October. Come & try swimming club, our registration and first night of training is Monday 28th November @ 4.30pm. New members can attend 4 sessions in the first 2 weeks to see if they like the sport.

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

17th

AM : Dianne Brennan

PM: Kate, Jane

18th

AM : Rowie

PM Helper Required

19th

AM : Judi Mercer,

Rowie

PM : Lee Prime

20th

AM : Fiona Miles

PM Belinda Petersohn

21st

AM : Sue Lebner

PM LisaGreenhill &

Sally Permezel

22nd

Kimb Heycox

24th

AM : Dianne

Brennan

PM: Kate, Jane

25th

AM : Rowie

PM Helper Required Kirsty Williams

26th

AM Judi Mercer &

Rowie

PM : Teigan Klippel

27th

AM : Redel Whitehead,

Christine Medadue

PM Kimb Heycox

28th

Am : Sacred Heart

School

PM : Tracey Fox-

croft

29th

Dee Lebner

& Sally

Permezel

31st

AM : Dianne

Brennan

PM: Kate, Jane

NOVEMBER 1st

MELBOURNE CUP

AM: Rowie

PM: Closed

or Volunteer if you

would like to open

2nd

AM: Judi Mercer

Rowie

PM: Lee Prime

3rd

4th

AM : Barb & Bob

PM : Sally & Lisa

5th

AM: Sue Browne

Judi Mercer

AM: Caz Pitman

Sam Pryse

PM: Kate Butler

Nadia Edwards