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Issue 3 Term 2 - Week 4 Friday, May 19 2017

GREAT LAKES COLLEGE The Dolphin

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A proud member of the Great Lakes Learning Community

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COLLEGE NEWS

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Taree Eisteddfod - FIRST PLACE

On Monday May 1, 40 dancers from Tuncurry Campus and Tuncurry Senior Campus performed in the High Schools Dance section of the Taree Eisteddfod. The dancers from years 7 to 12 have been rehearsing since the beginning of the year in their lunchtimes to prepare for this event.

The senior campus dancers along with year 10 dancers Emmerson Fleming and Caitlin Howard performed a piece choreographed by ex HSC band 6 dance student Lily Gibson. This piece was awarded first place and received an outstanding report form the adjudicator.

The Tuncurry campus group comprised of 30 students from years 7 to 9 were awarded a Highly Com-mended performing a piece that was collaboratively created with contribution by staff and students.

Huge congratulations to all students involved.

Mrs Beavis

Dance/PDHPE Teacher Tuncurry Campus

Mia Martin

Caitlyn McKenna

Molly McKinnon

Ashleigh McNamara

Crystal McWilliams-Mills

Ella Mendham

Satine Morris

Abby Mulligan

Brittany Payne

Mackenzie Peacock

Zali Petersen

Jacinda Povey

Jesse Ross

Cassie Simington-George

Sarah Simington-George

Ashley Thompson

Emily Walter

Olivia Williams

Alicia Williams

Jasmine Willmott

Shantelle Wright

Chelsea Yarad

Eva Agrela

Antonia Amato

Keseah Bell

Raquel Burton

Kasey Carrington

Cody Clayton

Grace Cooper

Jasmine Correia

Daniela Crowther

Lily De Fina

Joel De Luca

Zoe Degotardi

Savannah Duffy

Laticia Edwards

Emmerson Fleming

Petra Flower

Catelyn Galbraith

Sarah Graves

Jia Healy

Caitlin Howard

Eliza James

Olivia Knights

Sophie Legge

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GREAT LAKES AMERICAN TRIP – January 2019

An opportunity exists for students from Great Lakes College to take part in a cultural exchange trip to the United States of America for twenty days, during January 2019.

Destinations include: Los Angeles (Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Knotts Berry Farm and San Diego); San Francis-co (Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz); and a hosting destination from a choice of Seattle, Phoenix, San Diego, Portland and others. A feature of the tour is that students spend 11 days living with an American Family.

This will be the ninth time that students from the Great Lakes area have had this opportunity, following successful trips in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. The cost of the trip in 2019 will be approximately $6595, which includes all airfares, transfers, accommodation, breakfasts, sightseeing and admission to attractions. As in previous years, the trip will be restricted to students who will be in Years 11, 12, or just left school after finishing their HSC. (Years 9, 10 and 11 this year).

Interested students will be bringing home brochures concerning the trip, and an information night will be held later in the term to provide parents with answers to commonly asked questions, such as :-

“How much spending money will my child need to take?”

“How are the American Host families chosen?”

“Have the chaperones going on the trip accompanying and supervising the travellers ever done anything like this before?”

A representative from Educational World Travel will be there to answer questions about what is involved in the trip.

Keep an eye out for further notices in Dolphin, and expect interested Year 9, 10 and 11 students to be bringing home information sheets in the next few weeks if they haven’t already done so.

Please contact Mr Avery at the Senior Campus for further information.

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College Band News

Thank you to all students involved in the College Band performances at the assemblies last term. I am particularly proud of the two Tuncurry Campus students, cornetist Isabella Ragno and trumpet-er Liam Croker, who provided the Last Post and Reveille for our ANZAC services. They showed courage and leadership, performing solo in front of the many students, staff and community mem-bers who attended each service. What great role models we have in our young musicians!

This term, the Band is rehearsing Star Wars Saga, a medley of themes composed for the original Star Wars trilogy. The immediate focus is preparing for the Taree Eisteddfod performance and I hope students are looking forward to hearing the competition and receiving advice from the adju-dicator. Many students from across the College are also competing individually and/or within small ensembles and their interest in actively seeking performance opportunities and feedback is to be encouraged. Viewing other performers is of vital importance to one’s own development. In light of this, I am still searching for an excursion opportunity (likely Sydney) that will enable stu-dents to experience inspiring performances by other (high school) concert/stage bands, such as the national championships. Finding a date that doesn’t clash with other College events is the tough part!

Some of the Band’s talented musicians are also involved in this year’s College musical, Grease, with additional weekly rehearsals involving musicians and staff from all campuses. This is such a great, fun and challenging opportunity for students to immerse themselves in new musical styles, become more familiar with a variety of keys, new rhythm patterns and improve their sight reading skills. These students are working alongside staff members, developing their ensemble skills and learning about the spontaneity of live performance!

Dates of this term’s performance commitments appear in the Term 2 Calendar - College Band Per-formances and permission notes have been distributed for eisteddfod commitments. Should you need to update transport details (for transporting other students), the relevant form should be attached. If you have any particular questions or suggestions about anything band-related, please contact me: narelle.richardson@det.nsw.edu.au, or via phone at Forster Campus on 6554 6062.

Mrs Narelle Richardson, College Band Director

GLC College Ban♪

Wk 5 Taree Eisteddfod Excursion (all day) Thursday May 25

Wk 9 College Band rehearsals cancelled this week due to Grease: the Musical

Wk 10 Tuncurry Campus Formal Merit Assemblies Tuesday June 27

Senior Campus Formal Merit Assemblies Tuesday June 27

Forster Campus Formal Merit Assembly Thursday June 29

Join our facebook group: GLC College Band

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New NSW Public Schools’ Finance System – Preparation Phase

Great Lakes College will transition to the new NSW Public Schools’ finance system, Learning Man-agement and Business Reform (LMBR), and a new bank account on 4 September 2017.

To ensure a smooth transition we need your help.

Payments

There will be changes to the way we accept payments from parents and carer providers for a short period:

Between Friday, 25 August and Tuesday, 5 September 2017 you will NOT be able to make payments to the school using the current POP Online Payment System.

Between Wednesday, 30 August and Tuesday, 5 September 2017 you will NOT be able to make payments to the school using EFTPOS, Cash, or Cheque.

From Wednesday, 6 September 2017, you WILL be able to begin making payments again using EFTPOS, Cash, Cheque or POP.

Would you please ensure any payments due in this period (for excursions and the like) are paid well before these cut-off times.

Student Details

It is important that all details of our students and their families are up-to-date ahead of the transition. Therefore, we ask that you let us know, as soon as possible, any changes in:

Address and phone numbers

Emergency contacts and their phone numbers

Health Action Plans

Court Orders

We thank you for your patience and understanding as we transition to our new finance system. If you have any questions, please contact your campus.

Graeme Jennings Jennifer Miggins Bob Henry Paul Rosembaum College Principal Principal Forster Campus Principal Senior Campus Principal Tuncurry Campus

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School Refusal Recently a health forum was held that addressed school refusal. The nature of school refusal was clearly explained and clarified the difference between absenteeism, school refusal, truancy and school withdrawal. School refusal is a reluctance to go to school which escalates to refusal with evi-dence of high levels of stress and or anxiety and where the parents/carers are aware of the extended period of absence due to the distress cause by going to school. The suggested prevalence of school refusal is about 1-5% of school aged students. There are numerous ways school refusal can be ex-pressed, through whole day absences, partial day absences - particularly lateness, and/or frequent visits to the sick bay. School refusing can impact on a student’s academic and social development. Relationship between absence from school and achievement suggests that every day attendance contributes to a student’s learning and there is "NO safe threshold for absences.” The Every Day Counts table is a useful tool to help parents and students understand how quickly the impact of absences can build. Every Day Counts

School refusal is not a quick fix but if you are experiencing difficulty with getting your child to school please call your principal. The school can work with you and support you and your child. Lorna Cambrell Home School Liaison Officer

1 or 2 days a week doesn’t seem much, but…

If your child misses… That equals… Which is…? And over 13 years of schooling that is…

1 day per fortnight 20 days per year 4 weeks per year Nearly 1 ½ years

1 day per week 40 days per year 8 weeks per year Nearly 2 ½ years

2 days per week 80 days per year 16 weeks per year Over 5 years

3 days per week 120 days per year 24 weeks per year Nearly 8 years

How about 10 minutes late a day? Surely that won’t affect my child?

If your child misses… That equals… Which is…? And over 13 years of schooling that is…

10 minutes per day 50 minutes per week Nearly 1 ½ weeks per year Nearly ½ a year

20 minutes per day 1hr 40mins per week Over 2 ½ weeks per year Nearly 1 year

30 minutes per day Half a day per week 4 weeks per year Nearly 1 ½ years

1 hour per day 1 day per week 8 weeks per year Over 2 ½ years

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GLC Athletics Carnival

Friday of week 2 saw all three campuses come together for the annual athletics carnival. The weather was perfect with sunshine and a light breeze. Congratulations to all students for your participation, enthusiasm in supporting fellow competitors and cooperation with staff.

120 students from the college have been selected to compete at the Manning Zone Athletics carnival which is being held on Thursday 18th May.

Annette Sanders

AGE CHAMPIONS 2017

12 yrs Taylor Hopkins (Forster) Tom Williams (Forster)

13 yrs Abby Mulligan (Tuncurry) Lewis Koller (Forster)

14 yrs Laura Wilson (Tuncurry) Angus Robertson (Forster)

15 yrs Annelise Romer (Forster) Khan Ridgeway (Tuncurry)

16 yrs Natalie Le Rougetel (Forster) Nick Phillip (Forster)

17 yrs Sophie Wunder (Senior) Sam Whitbread (Senior)

LAWN BOWLS

Great Lakes College was represented at the Hunter Region knockout for lawn bowls triples by Lewis Williams from the Senior campus and Jake Reid and Tom Whitbread from Forster Campus. The team had three games on the day. They won their first two games against Wingham High and Belmont High. Jake played skip and was well supported by Lewis in second and Tom in lead.

Their last game was played against Hunter Sports High. The boys bowled very tight heads and had Hunter Sports down 6-nil after six ends. The very experienced Hunter Sports team clawed their way back to eventually take out the game and be the overall winners on the day.

Well done boys and well bowled. They are all looking forward to the next comp at Taree in July.

Annette

COLLEGE SPORT

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During our most recent meeting, there was spirited discussion regarding the widely reported changes the current government wish to implement regarding Gonski funding. Although at this stage it is unknown what impact these proposed changes will make regarding funding at the College, there was some concern expressed regarding current Gonski funding agreements which extend for the next 2 years. There is going to be a lot more discussion between relevant government departments and educational heads before a final outcome is made.

Comment was also made regarding the NSW decision to cease ongoing funding of the somewhat controversial “Safe Schools Program”. This program was not introduced to all the campuses of the college, and it appears that it will be replaced by a broader “anti-bullying” program. Committee members were interested as to what this will actually entail, and further discussion at future meetings is planned.

Voluntary school contributions were also discussed, and it appears there is a mismatch between the amounts suggested at different campuses. This should be rectified before next year. I do encourage all those who are able to make this volun-tary contribution, to strongly consider doing so.

All parents and carers are welcome to the attend P & C meetings. There is ample time to raise issues with college heads. In the past, some issues have been raised which may involve individuals or families. These may actually not be a “P & C matter” and our meetings are not the appropriate forum to further discuss what is being raised. In such an instance, it is highly likely that whatever the issue is would be directed to the relevant college head, to be discussed further in private.

Next P & C meeting is planned for 7pm, Wednesday June 7 at the Forster Campus library.

Guy Laden, P & C President

P & C NEWS

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Principals report Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Launch Thursday 4th May What a fabulously positive day! Students and staff having fun together to launch an important program across Forster Campus and the College. Staff and students wore the allocated colours of Purple, Blue, Green or White for the day. Each colour worn had the participants fill in the letters P, B, L on the oval with the Drone above filming the activities. The AFL game in the afternoon between staff and students was watched enthusi-astically by all. PBL is a consistent, school-wide system of support that helps define, teach and support appropriate student behaviours in all settings, creating a positive school environment by working with the data, systems and practices. PBL will be using the new College Core Expectations of Respect, Responsibilities and Personal Best as its focus. Our PBL Team has a group of keen and enthusiastic staff and the leader is Sally Edwards. This is a long term commitment made by the Campus in support of all students and staff.

ANZAC DAY MARCH

Forster Campus Leadership Team members were ex-emplary in carrying out their roles on this day. Also student, Tom Whitbread had the privilege of being flag bearer on the day.

ANZAC DAY Remembrance activity for our ANZAC Day Assembly on Thursday 6th April, Poppies in the Field.

CONGRAULATIONS

To all the Athletics Carnival participants and staff that made the day a success.

To Sunrae Baille and the Agriculture students who again entered the Royal Easter Show and came third this year in the School’s Honey section.

NAPLAN for Year 7 and 8

NAPLAN Tests were on last week and the students were really well focused doing their personal best. Well Done!

2016 Annual Report

The report will be available next week on the Website or if you would like a hard copy please call the office and it can be sent home.

Jennifer Miggins

FORSTER CAMPUS

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Forster Campus Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Launch Day The PBL launch day kicked off during period 3, where we held an assembly explaining PBL. Miss Edwards outlined how it would work and how it would affect the students. The assembly was concluded when every teacher in the school got up and surprised the students by dancing and singing. It was awesome!

The students were asked to wear different colours on the day - purple, blue, green and white. The students then formed the letters P, B and L on the grass next to the bus bay, while former Forster Campus teacher, Troy Fardell took photographs and videos with his drone. Mr Koch then sounded a horn which signalled for the students to scatter in every direction, and then when he sounded the horn again the students ran back to the exact spot where they stood before. During lunch, the SRC held a massive bake sale while student and teachers played music and sang in the main quad. The day ended with a monumental teachers v students game of AFL. The students played well but ultimately lost to the might of the teachers. Thank you to all staff, students and volunteers who took part in the launch of PBL! By Nicholas Phillip year 10

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NSW SCHOOL VACCINATION PROGRAM

Each year NSW Health works in partnership with schools to offer the vaccines recommended by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for adolescents as part of the school vaccination program.

In 2017 the following vaccines will be offered:

* The second dose of HPV vaccine is being delayed to later in the year (at least 6 months after the first dose) (NOT the 15th June 2017 as previously scheduled) to allow the recently-announced Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program to be offered to students in Years 11 and 12 from Term 2 when the second dose of HPV vaccine is usually given. There is no harm for Year 7 students in delaying the second dose of HPV vaccine and further advice for parents will be provided later in the year regarding HPV course com-pletion.

Parent Information Kits that include an information sheet, consent form and privacy statement will be sent home to parents/guardians. To consent to the vaccination of their child, parents/guardians are advised to:

read all the information provided

complete the consent form, including signing their name next to the vaccine/s they would like their child to receive

return the completed consent form to their child’s school

ensure that their child eats breakfast on the day of the school vaccination clinic.

Please note that students who commence HPV vaccination in school clinics in Year 7 but do not complete the course during the school year may be offered catch-up doses at school in Year 8. Students who have any HPV doses at their GP will be advised to complete the course with their GP.

Parents/guardians who wish to withdraw their consent for any reason may do so by writing to the school Principal or phoning the school. The Procedure for Withdrawal of Consent is available on the NSW Health website at www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation.

To improve vaccination completion, students will be opportunistically offered any missed doses through-out the year where possible.

A Record of Vaccination will be provided to each student vaccinated at each clinic as a physical card. Parents/guardians should ensure that this record is kept for future reference and should not assume that their child has been vaccinated if they do not receive this Record of Vaccination.

YEARS VACCINE NUMBER OF DOSES

Year 7

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine 2-doses in 2017 at least 6 months apart*

Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine

Single dose

Varicella vaccine (chickenpox) – catch-up Single dose

Years 11-12 Meningococcal ACWY vaccine Single dose

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Year 8 Japanese Going Strong at Forster Campus!

Tokyo Drift Elective ‘Yoku dekimashita’ is what we say in Japanese to someone who has done well; and this certainly applies to the students studying Japanese in Year 8 this year. Students have recently submitted their first major assessment task - a detailed Bed and Breakfast accommodation advert, all in Japanese. This required students to plan, draft and edit a piece of writing, then publish it by learning to type in Japanese on the computer! Students used language and cultural knowledge gained from the course which includes viewing the movie ‘Tokyo Drift’, to complete a realistic piece of work. Featured below are students from one of the two classes studying Japanese in year 8 this year.

Forster Campus Library News

Welcome to Term 2 in the library. The library is open before roll call, most recess and lunch breaks so plenty of opportunity to bor-row books or just chill out with some friends. Leading into the colder weather it’s a great place to stay warm.

Do you need help with your assessment tasks or class work? Come along to homework club on Wednesdays 3.15-4.15pm with Mrs Jobson. Afternoon tea will be provided. All welcome.

We played our first round of the NSWJCL Coun-try Secondary Schools Chess Teams. Our team consisted of Kane Stanbury, Nathaniel Kennedy, Elliot Simpson and Liam Mauger. The Wingham High School team consisted of Isaiah Hardy, Bryceon Xuereb, Kye Gregory and Jim Byrne. The odds were against us to start as the Wing-ham High team consisted mostly of senior play-ers but this didn’t deter our boys from giving it their best. Unfortunately we did go down 3.5 points to 0.5 points. The Wingham team were great competitors and the boys enjoyed playing a few games at the end of the competition. All our school round robin competitors came to watch and also got to play some games with the Wingham High boys. Thank you Wingham boys for your fair play and a great competitive spirit.

Ilsa McCallum

Beau Caves

Lochlan Freyler

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Quality Projects are flowing out the door in TAS!

There will be lots of happy mothers with the beautiful projects being taken home for mother's day from our Forster Campus students. Yr 8 have been using the Wood lathes, turning out cute Echidnas, used as paper weights for a desk or an ornament. Yr 9 STEM class have learned how to weld and used nibblers and the metal lathe to produce unique garden sculptures from corrugated iron. We would like to thank parents who have paid the subject fees and remind others that we need these paid to purchase new materials for our students.

Ian Dillon, Head Teacher TAS

Connor and Oli, Year 9, Sculpture Mitchell, Year 8

Django and Will, Year 8, with turned Echidnas

Jet, Year 8, with sheet metal boat

Lachlan, Year 9, with corrugated sculpture

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Taree Eisteddfod 25 May

Regional Cross Country 2 June

College Musical "Grease" 22-23 June

Merit Assembly 29 June

Lewis, Year 8 with Echidnas Jake (left) with kangaroo and Jack

Year 9 corrugated sculpture

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Tuncurry Campus Principal’s Report

At the end of last term, Tuncurry Campus and the Senior Cam-pus held a joint ANZAC service. It was a privilege to witness the Tuncurry Campus SRC captain’s chair the service and the respect shown to the returned servicemen by the student body. On ANZAC Day Sam Gibson, Jillian Black, Lachlan Palmer, Brooklyn Daniels, Ned Gardner, Jasmine Black, Braithen Forrest, Ashley Bartolo, Jessie Scarff, Emma Neville, Zahlia Johnston and Bailey Brown attended the morning service with me. Again I was extremely impressed with the respect that they displayed throughout the service and the willingness they displayed to help out with the running of the program.

In staffing news, Mr Gortin has joined us this term as a perma-nent maths teacher. He has already had a positive impact on his classes, with his ‘toolbag’ being a major talking point! Miss Dunk has commenced maternity leave with Chanel Leaudias replacing her.

NAPLAN was conducted over three days commencing on the 9th

May and concluding on the 11th May. All students need com-mending on the behaviour and efforts during the examina-tions. The results will be available later in the year and will help drive the 2018 – 2020 school plan.

Recently the campus took part in the Tell Them From Me Survey. There were many positives results from the sur-vey. A summary of the findings are as follows: The Campus was above state norms in having a high sense of belong-ing; valuing School Outcomes; Positive behaviour; Students being intellectually engaged and having high levels of optimism. The Campus was also above state norms for Effective Classroom Learning Time, relevance and academic rigour, Advocacy and positive teacher-student relationships, positive learning climate, expectations for success. A statistics that stood out was that of Advocacy Outside of the School. The students rated Advocacy Outside of the School as 6.1 out of 10, while the state norm was 4.7.

During the recent Parent Teacher afternoons, I took the opportunity to survey the community regarding their thoughts on the school. 100% of parents agreed the school had: A positive image in the community and local media; Academic results, Interest and care for each individual student; Good communication with parents, 95% agreed that the school offers a wide range of extracurricular activities, and 97.5% agreed the school had an orderly and disciplined learning environment.

Congratulations to Mrs Beavis and her dance students who recently participated in and finished first in the Taree Dance Eisteddfod.

The College Athletics carnival was held recently. The weather was superb, the atmosphere great and students behav-iour and performances excellent, the day was an outstanding success. I look forward to reading more about the carni-val and the announcements of Age Champions.

Finally, the Semester One examinations will be held in Week 5. Students will receive their exam timetable early in week 4. I encourage staff to make time to prepare for these exams and give themselves every opportunity to achieve to the best of their ability

Paul Rosenbaum, Relieving Principal

TUNCURRY CAMPUS

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Year 7 Camp

From March 15-17 Year 7 Tuncurry Campus and five excited teachers headed off to Adventure Land for 3 days of friendship building and outdoor escapades. It took more than 4 days of solid rain previous to the camp to dampen their spirits. On the first day, we had light showers, which just made mudworld all the more muddier and fun. The Adven-ture Land staff couldn't be more helpful to all the students at all times. Encouraging them to participate in all activities and to push their limits while in a safe environment. Activities included, Quad bike riding, waterslides, the giant swing, flying foxes, mud world, giant trampolines and the high wires, as well as numer-ous night time activities such as a trivia and games night and commando night. During this time our new Year 7 students bonded, formed new friendships and strengthened existing ones. They got to know some of their teachers better and at the end of the week went home very tired, but having had an excellent three days. Simon Patterson Year 7 Adviser/Science Teacher

From left: Summeh-Leigh Judd, Chelse Doyle, Natalie Williams, Charli Tossen-Longbottom, Skye Caseres, Kye Longfield, Tahlia Day-Lopez, Zali McKey

From left: Luke Williams, Kain Hope, Lachie Turville, Charlie Johnson, Ethan Brown, Lochlan Hockey, James Davison

Year 7 Camp, Quad Bikes

Skye Caseres and Tahlia Day-Lopez

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Animal Care excursion. Students from Forster campus and Tuncurry campus re-cently attended a two day animal care excursion. Stu-dents who are interested in a career with animals were treated to a variety of activities. We went to Kurri Kurri TAFE where we were able to see the training facilities for such courses as, captive animal studies, vet nursing, domestic animal care and grooming services. We then spent some time at the Hunter Valley zoo where students interacted with the animals and talked to the keepers. The following day we went to the reptile park where we were treated to a behind the scenes look at the care schedules for a variety of animals and learned about how to get a job in the industry. All students had a great time and came back better in-formed about their career options.

Courtney Hubbard

Will Biddle

Crystal McWilliam-Mills

Marine & Aquaculture Technology Elective

On Thursday the March 30, Peter Bennetts, The Boating Education Officer from Roads and Maritime Services visited Great Lakes College Tuncurry to talk to both Year 9 Marine and Aqua-culture Technology classes about boat safety. It was an incredibly informative and relevant talk to our students, many who are interested in ob-taining their boat licence. The students were able to handle all the relevant safety equipment that is required by law to have on a boat and they learnt exactly what is needed in a boat on the lake, or out to sea. The latest in life jacket technology was demon-strated in class (photo of Ethan Lightfoot), a life jacket that inflates in seconds from a gas canister. The students were all thankful of the opportunity to have an expert come into the class and inform them of the latest legal requirements around boating safety. Simon Patterson

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TAS Faculty Happenings

So far in 2017the TAS faculty has been busy designing, making and creating in a wide variety of context areas.

Stage 4 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) Elective We have introduced a new elective for Year 8 this year called STEM it takes as-pects of study from Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths and combines them into one subject. In Year 8, STEM students take a hands on approach to learning about robotics, 3 dimensional printing, electronics and mechanics with a focus on working as part of a team.

Toy truck Aluminium Bitten Donut key ring

Stage 4 Technology Mandatory

This year we are working towards making Technology Mandatory a two year course where students develop skills across a wide variety of context areas. Students under-take units of work with practical experiences in Food, Textiles, Tim-ber, Plastics, Plant Production, Information and Media Technolo-gies during the two year. Some stu-dents may study a context in year 7 while others will not experience it until year 8. Students are also study-ing each context for a semester ra-ther than in thirteen week blocks.

Max Hamilton with his bristle

Bristle Bot (battery powered spinning, vibrating bot made with a nail brush)

Robotron Lego (Blake Pascoe, Talon Anderson, Lincoln Ervine)

CAD Design (Byron Panos, Marcus Beavan)

One Car building (Max Hamilton, Will Gibson)

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TUNCURRY AMPUS Stage 5 Food Technology Elective Year 9 have been busy perfecting their scram-bled eggs for their upcoming practical test, feel free to try their basic recipe for scrambled eggs for one provided below. While year 10are work-ing on their creativity by developing new and exciting biscuit flavours for a product innovation assessment task.

Emma and Zahlia creating their basic biscuit dough

Kye, Brooke and Emily creating their basic biscuit dough

Sprinkle encrusted stars

Caramel filled hearts

Scrambled Eggs for One

Ingredients

2 eggs

1 Tablespoon of cream

Pinch of salt

1 Teaspoon of butter

2 Slices of bread

Butter for spreading

Tomato or BBQ sauce

Method

1.Crack the eggs into a medium mixing bowl. Best re-

sults are achieved by cracking each egg into a small

bowl before sliding it into the mixing bowl.

2.Add cream and salt

3.Use a fork to whisk the egg mixture lightly until the

ingredients are just combined. The eggs should be

mixed through evenly to ensure a consistent yellow

without streaks of white.

4.Heat the butter in a non-stick frypan over medium

heat on the largest hotplate to ensure even cooking.

5.Add egg mixture and cook for 30 seconds. Use a

silicone spatula to gently push the mixture, scraping

the top of the spatula along the base of the pan, from

one side of the pan to the other in 4 different direc-

tions. Soft folds of cooked egg will begin to develop.

6.Repeat the pushing action with the spatula every 10

seconds. The important poart of this step is to push

the spatula through the mixture and lift and fold the

egg rather than stir.

7.Cook for 2 minutes or until about ¾ of the mixture

is cooked and ¼ is slightly liquid.

8.Remove from heat and use the spatula to gently fold

the egg mixture twice more. The residual heat will

finish cooking the eggs.

9.Toast bread.

10.Spoon onto

the toast and

serve immediately.

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NSW Premier’s Debating Challenge,

Tuncurry VS Bulahdelah

On Monday May 1 Tuncurry Campus Year 9 De-bating Team (Antonia Amato, Jesse Blake, Ebony Cavanough and Tara McLaughin) participated in the first round of the NSW Premier’s Debating Chal-lenge. Tuncurry Campus was the host for the debate against Bulahdelah Central School.

The two teams debated on the topic: teachers should be able to search students’ bags. A coin toss decided that Tuncurry was affirmative and Bu-lahdelah was negative.

After an hour’s brainstorming and preparing, the two teams presented their arguments. The adjudica-tor listened to their points carefully and Tuncurry Campus was awarded the victory.

Congratulations to the Year 9 Debating Team: Antonia Amato, Jesse Blake, Ebony Cavanough and Tara McLaughin.

Thanks to the volunteer chairpersons on the day: Alayna Craig and Chris Jordan.

By Gabriella King, (Debate Coach)

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Year 8 Tarongo Zoo Excursion 1-2 June

Year 11 2018 Subject selection night 6 June

Year 8 Survivor Camp 14-15 June

Taree TAFE open day 22 June

College Musical "Grease" 22-23 June

Careers Term 2

Week 4 Visit by an apprenticeship ambassador during as-sembly period 2. Weeks 4-10 Subject selection information and ac-tivities during careers classes. Week 5 TPL for Careers Advisers of the LNNCAA Week 7 Tuesday 6/6 6pm Tuncurry campus. Year 10 into Year 11 subject selection night. Wed 7/6/17 Future Moves Program CSU periods 1-4 involving 30 students from each Year group. Week 8 Subject selection interviews for all Year 10 helping them decide. 14/6 or 21/6 depending on Wollatuka “Insight day” for Year 10 Aboriginal students at Newcastle uni-versity. Week 9 Tuesday 20/6 Workshop for those students in Year 10 who have no idea what their next step might be. Students will do a career match assessment hopefully with parents present followed by a work-shop conducted by UNE Thursday 22/6 Taree TAFE Open Day showcasing the huge amount of opportunities for study stu-dents now have access to locally. Targeting but not exclusive to those students not intending to com-plete Year 12. Week 10 Tuesday the 27/6 Year 10 subject selection sheets collected for Year 11 and 12 Also this term dates to be advised – Policing ca-reers Talk Year 9 school to work lessons School based trainneeships talks Apprenticeship talks

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Principal’s Report In this edition of the Dolphin we congratulate and acknowledge some of our students who have made signifi-cant personal achievements.

Gabrielle Smart who was selected to attend the UBS Young Women’s Leadership Academy, recognising her leadership potential and individual achievements. Gabrielle was one of 40 female students selected from public high schools across NSW for a 4 day residential program at Women’s College, University of Sydney. The academy aims to offer young female leaders the opportunity to build confidence, learn leadership skills and business knowledge as well as raising awareness of rising social issues.

Shontay Harris-Ping: Steven Stanton: Brittany Kirton: Alyssa Delve: William Tindall and William Simon who have each won a Great Lakes Community Resources Aboriginal Student Scholarship to the value of $1,000 to assist in their Stage 6 education. Each of these students excelled in the application and interview process.

George Castillo who has been invited to attend the UBS Finance Academy which will be held at Dunmore Lang College, Macquarie University from July 10 to July 13.

The objective of the Academy is to provide leadership in investment banking education with a particular focus on senior secondary school students. The UBS Finance Academy, established in 2003 offers selected students an opportunity to explore and learn about a wide range of career opportunities in finance. This year 40 students have been chosen from public schools in NSW.

Maddi Dury who has been successful with her application for the UNSW Indigenous Winter School. The Winter School is a program specifically for Indigenous students who are considering further studies beyond high school. The week long residential program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to experience what university life is all about, through participation in academic lectures and tutorials, presenta-tions, study sessions, team building activities, interacting with university staff, current students and fellow applicants and cultural activities.

Alexander Fiebig who won a Gold medal at NSWCHS diving championships and won silver in the Boys Champion of Champions. Alexander was the Champion of Champion Boy diver at the Hunter Area Diving Championships.

Congratulations also to Chelsea Herb who was selected in the Hunter Area Netball team.

Bob Henry, Principal

SENIOR CAMPUS SENIOR CAMPUS

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Year 12 P/T Night 18 May

Captain’s Nominations Open 22 May

Reference Requests Due 25 May

Year 10 Information Night 6 June

Issue 3—Term 2—Week 4 Page 22

From the Deputy’s desk at the Senior Campus

As this goes to print Year 12 have completed Mid-Course exams and will be shortly receiving their reports. A parent evening will be held to discuss their child’s progress as we move closer to the HSC. If you are unable to attend this evening please ring the school to make an appointment to speak with your child’s teachers.

Year 11 will be having Preliminary exams in week 4 in numerous courses. In the ensuing weeks their first report at the Senior Campus will be compiled. There will be a parent evening to discuss their progress in week eight.

As the weather starts to cool off we often see students out of uniform, with jumpers becoming a major concern. I have reminded students on a number of occasions that incorrect uniform poses a workplace, health and safety (WH&S) risk as students are unable to be identified as a senior student. The school would very much appreciate your support in dealing with this serious issue.

All students who would like to drive to school must obtain approval from me and complete paperwork prior to this happening. The school takes no responsibility for any damage that occurs in the carpark. Please remind your child of their responsibilities when behind the wheel of a motor vehicle. I have had several phone calls this year from concerned members of the public who are complaining about inappropriate driving to and from school by senior students.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me should you wish to discuss any aspect of your child’s education.

Brad Germon

UNE Open Day Excursion

In week 2 of this term 17 Year 12 students attended the

University of New England Open Day. We travelled with

25 other Bulahdelah Central School and Wingham HS

students and staff. Students had the opportunity to

take part in guided tours of the residential colleges as

well as the academic areas. Information sessions were

run on applying to UNE, early entry and scholarships.

Course advice was available from each faculty area

and information sessions, tours and hands on activities

were provided by Science and Technology, Animal

House and Glasshouse areas, Medicine, Natural History

Museum, Law school, Business school and the Museum

of Antiquities (which is Australia’s only regional archae-

ology museum). This opportunity will be offered to Year

12 students each year at minimal expense.

Janelle Evans, Careers Adviser.

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GREAT LAKES COLLEGE CANTEEN ROSTERS

If you are able to assist in either canteen, please contact the phone numbers above.

Help is always appreciated.

If you are unable to attend, please try to swap with someone else. If not, please telephone the contact person at the top of your roster. Thank you for supporting the canteen as we could not function without your help and support. If possible, please be at the canteen by 9.00am.

FORSTER CAMPUS CANTEEN ROSTER

Ph: 6554 6062 or 6554 4259

Term 2

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

22/05/2017 23/05/2017 24/05/2017 25/05/2017 26/05/2017

Cathy Harris Cathy Harris Patricia Macvean Pam Crawley Rachel Wicks

Daph Stockey

29/05/2017 30/05/2017 31/05/2017 1/06/2017 2/06/2017

Hanne Donald Adele Workum Patricia Macvean Pam Crawley Brooke Fraser

Daph Stockey

5/06/2017 6/06/2017 7/06/2017 8/06/2017 9/06/2017

Lorraine Meharg Cathy Harris Patricia Macvean

Lara Lumtin Pam Crawley Daph Stockey

12/06/2017 13/0/2017 14/06/217 15/06/2017 16/06/2017

public holiday Cathy Harris Patricia Macvean Pam Crawley Daph Stockey Sharon Deacon

TUNCURRY CAMPUS CANTEEN ROSTER

Ph: 6555 0500 OR Belinda 6555 0575

Term 2

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

22/05/2017 23/05/2017 24/05/2017 25/05/2017 26/05/2017

Kamily Volunteers required Gerry Ryall Kamily Linda Nye

29/05/2017 30/05/2017 31/05/2017 1/06/2017 2/06/2017

Kamily Volunteers required Gerry Ryall Kamily Gerry Ryall

5/06/2017 6/06/2017 7/06/2017 8/06/2017 9/06/2017

Kamily Uniting Church Gerry Ryall Kamily Linda Nye

12/06/2017 13/0/2017 14/06/217 15/06/2017 16/06/2017

public holiday Uniting Church Gerry Ryall Kamily Gerry Ryall

19/0/2017 20/06/2017 21/06/2017 22/06/2017 23/06/2017

Kamily Volunteers required Gerry Ryall Kamily Linda Nye

26/06/2017 27/06/2017 28/06/2017 29/06/2017 30/06/2017

Kamily Volunteers required Gerry Ryall Kamily Gerry Ryall

Issue 3—Term 2—Week 4 Page 24

Great Lakes College Principal: Mr Graeme Jennings

Phone: 6555 0555

LOWES

Stockland Shopping Centre Breese Parade

FORSTER 2428 Ph.6555 3870

MYSTIC SOUL 1 Trades Court

FORSTER 2428

Ph.6555 6116

JUNGLE SURF Manning Street

TUNCURRY 2428 Ph. 6555 8556

www.junglesurf.com.au

Forster Campus Principal:

Mrs Jennifer Miggins

Cape Hawke Drive

Forster 2428

Phone: (02) 6554 6062

Fax: (02) 6555 6904

Canteen Phone: (02) 6554 5259

glcforster-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.glcforster-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Hours: 8am—4:00pm

Tuncurry Campus (Relieving) Principal:

Mr Paul Rosenbaum

The Northern Parkway

Tuncurry 2428

Phone: (02) 6555 0500

Fax: (02) 6557 6511

Canteen Phone: (02) 6555 0575

glctuncurr-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.glctuncurr-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Hours: 8am—3:30pm

Senior Campus Principal:

Mr Bob Henry

The Northern Parkway

Tuncurry 2428

Phone: (02) 6555 0555

Fax: (02) 6557 6511

Canteen Phone: (02) 6555 0575

glcsenior-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.glcsenior-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Hours: 8am—3:30pm

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