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Issue 7—Term 4—Week 4 Page 1 11-15 Nov EXAM WEEK Year 7,8,9 Forster & Tuncurry Campus 14-15 Nov Support Unit Camp Tuncurry Campus 18 Nov Celebraon Assembly Tuncurry Campus Year 12 Graduaon Rehearsal Senior Campus 19 Nov Hunter 14’s Netball Finals Year 12 Graduaon and Formal Senior Campus 25-29 Nov Year 10 Transion Week Senior Campus 26 Nov Year 11 Merit Assembly Senior Campus 28 Nov Year 11, 2020 Informaon Evening Senior Campus MPH 2 Dec Year 10 Rewards Dinner Forster Campus 5-9 Dec Year 10 Marine Excursion Lady Elliot Island Forster &Tuncurry Campus 3 Dec Year 6 into 7 Orientaon Day Forster and Tuncurry Campus 10 Dec Year 10 Graduaon Tuncurry Campus 9:30am Forster Campus 12pm 10-13 Dec Year 11 Sydney Experience 12 Dec Merit Assembly Forster Campus 9:30am Tuncurry Campus 12pm 13 Dec Year 10 Rewards Dinner Tuncurry Campus GREAT LAKES COLLEGE The Dolphin Issue 7 Term 4 - Week 4 Friday 8 November 2019 One College Three Campuses Unlimited Opportunies A proud member of the Great Lakes Learning Community DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Art works are from art elecve classes in Stage 5 for both Forster and Tuncurry Campus.

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Page 1: GREAT LAKES OLLEGE...On 31 October Miss hinn and her Drama students from Great Lakes ollege Forster ampus, brought some Drama to Pacific Palms Public School. There were many fun Drama

Issue 7—Term 4—Week 4 Page 1

11-15 Nov EXAM WEEK Year 7,8,9 Forster & Tuncurry Campus

14-15 Nov Support Unit Camp Tuncurry Campus

18 Nov Celebration Assembly Tuncurry Campus

Year 12 Graduation Rehearsal Senior Campus

19 Nov Hunter 14’s Netball Finals

Year 12 Graduation and Formal Senior Campus

25-29 Nov Year 10 Transition Week Senior Campus

26 Nov Year 11 Merit Assembly Senior Campus

28 Nov Year 11, 2020 Information Evening Senior Campus MPH

2 Dec Year 10 Rewards Dinner Forster Campus

5-9 Dec Year 10 Marine Excursion Lady Elliot Island Forster &Tuncurry Campus

3 Dec Year 6 into 7 Orientation Day Forster and Tuncurry Campus

10 Dec Year 10 Graduation Tuncurry Campus 9:30am Forster Campus 12pm

10-13 Dec Year 11 Sydney Experience

12 Dec Merit Assembly Forster Campus 9:30am Tuncurry Campus 12pm

13 Dec Year 10 Rewards Dinner Tuncurry Campus

GREAT LAKES COLLEGE The Dolphin

Issue 7 Term 4 - Week 4 Friday 8 November 2019

One College Three Campuses

Unlimited Opportunities

A proud member of the Great Lakes Learning Community

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Art works are from art elective classes in

Stage 5 for both Forster and Tuncurry

Campus.

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Issue 7—Term 4—Week 4 Page 2

Working To-

gether from

K—12

Working To-

gether from

K—12

Compulsory School Attendance

Education for your child is important and

regular attendance at school is essential for your

child to achieve their educational best and

increase their career and life options. NSW

public schools work in partnership with parents

to encourage and support regular attendance of

children and young people. When your child

attends school every day, learning becomes

easier and your child will build and maintain

friendships with other children.

What if my child has to be away from school?

On occasion, your child may need to be absent

from school. Justified reasons for student

absences may include:

• being sick, or having an infectious disease • having an unavoidable medical appointment • being required to attend a recognised religious holiday • exceptional or urgent family circumstance (e.g. attending a funeral) Following an absence from school you must

ensure that within 7 days you provide your

child’s school with a verbal or written

explanation for the absence.

Note: All students in Kindergarten to Year 11

are required to attend school until Wednesday

18 December 2019, the last day of teaching for

2019. Prior to this date, students in all year

groups should be engaged in meaningful work

based on the curriculum and syllabus

requirements.

Scott Brown

Deputy Principal Forster Campus

New Senior Campus School Skirt

After consultation with key stake holders the

Senior Campus school skirt has undergone a

number of changes. From 2020 the school skirt

will be a straight skirt, longer in length to allow

students to adjust to their individual height. To

create a more versatile skirt the colour has

been changed to black with a view that students

can use the skirt post school. The fabric has

been improved to provide greater comfort and

the skirt now features a back zipper as well as a

small pocket for change. Student are still able to

wear the dark blue pleated and straight skirts

which are the current uniform.

The new school skirt is currently available from

Mystic Soul and Jungle Surf and at Lowes from

early in Term 1 2020. Retail cost for the skirt is

$35.

Lee Ralston HT Student Services Senior Campus

We would like to acknowledge the Worimi people, the Traditional Custodians of this land. We would also like to pay respects to the elders, both past, present and future, of the Worimi nation and extend

respect to other Aboriginal people.

Every Student Cared For and Valued

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Issue 7—Term 4—Week 4 Page 3

Working To-

gether from

K—12

Working To-

gether from

K—12

One College – Unlimited Opportunities

LAKESIDE FESTIVAL ARTS TRAIL

The Lakeside Festival has partnered with

Great Lakes College, Forster and Tuncurry

Campuses and Wharf Street Forster

retailers to present a showcase of art by

our local students. Supported by Mid Coast

Council, this was an art event dedicated to

our Youth.

75 student artworks from the college, of

various mediums will be displayed in 26

participating Wharf Street Forster shops. The

public enjoyed a free self-tour of the

exhibition by following the Youth Art Trail map.

A voting slip on the trail map allowed people to

vote for their favourite artwork in the “People’s

Choice prize.” Students had the opportunity to

not only bring their talents out into the

community but be in the running for some great

prizes donated by the shops.

Prizes were awarded in 3 categories: 3 dimensional works including

Ceramics Sculpture Photography Works on paper including Painting,

Drawing and Art Books In the lead up to the 7th annual Lakeside

Festival, the Youth Art Trail commenced on

Saturday 19 October and will end on Sunday

3 November. The People’s Choice Prizes will be

announced at the college assemblies

afterwards.

Geoff Pelley CAPA Teacher Tuncurry Campus

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Issue 7—Term 4—Week 4 Page 4

Working Together from K—12 A World Class Local Education

Working To-

gether from

K—12

BATTLE OF THE COLLEGES

Battle of the Colleges is an inter college sporting

competition between four Regional 7-10

Campuses; Hasting Secondary College – Port

Campus, Dubbo College – South Campus,

Callaghan College – Wallsend Campus and

GLC – Forster Campus. It is a competition

designed to test skills of the best athletes from

these four schools. The 2019 competition was

hosted by Dubbo and students competed in

athletics, touch football, netball, soccer,

endzone, volleyball and dodgeball.

Day one was an early start and long drive with

students getting off the bus to expend their

pent up energy on the athletics track, followed

by a gala dinner at Dubbo RSL. At the dinner

students were sat with members from all 4

campuses. Day Two students needed

endurance to maintain their competitive edge

with over 4 hours of competition in a round

robin format against each campus in each sport.

After a picnic dinner of pizza the competitors

and Year 10 leaders let down their hair with a

combined disco.

The final day concluded with volleyball and

dodgeball at the indoor centre followed by the

7 hour trip home. Students gained fantastic

social and sporting experiences, many maintain

friendships from previous years. 2020 is already

being planned as Forster gear up to host the

event in 12 months time.

Many thanks to Drew from Newcombes

Coaches and all teachers and students involved.

Year 9 Girls

The Year 9 girls performed strongly again in

2019 with a few new team members. They

played cohesively and demonstrated support to

each other and their opponents. Their fabulous

performance in the tug-o-war saw them

labelled ‘The Beasts’ for the rest of the

tournament. Many friendships with the girls

from Dubbo and Wallsend were rekindled.

Bella and Loganne, the Year 10 mentors, were

valuable in their rotation of players and advice

given to the team. Voted most valuable player

by team mates, mentors and myself was Abbey

Chapman – Congratulations!! The students are

already planning on being coaches and officials

for 2020.

Results were as follows:

Athletics 2nd

Netball 2nd

Soccer 4th

Endzone 2nd

Touch 2nd

Volleyball 3rd

Dodgeball 3rd

Christina Whitbread HT PDHPE Forster Campus

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Issue 7—Term 4—Week 4 Page 5

Working To-

gether from

K—12

BATTLE OF THE COLLEGES

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One College – Unlimited Opportunities

University of Sydney Tour

On Thursday 26 August four Great Lakes Senior

campus Year 12 students attended an event

organised by Sydney University. The event was

part of Sydney University Widening

Participation Outreach program. Students were

flown to Sydney and met at the airport before

being transported to the Mercure Hotel near

Central where they were welcomed and the

program outlined.

On the Friday the students were escorted to

Sydney University where they were able to

attend lectures/information sessions according

to what they were interested in. These sessions

were very popular and the students felt they

learned a lot. The rest of the day was filled with

university club activities and tours of the many

types of accommodation. In the evening the

students were taken to Taronga Zoo for a tour

of the zoo at night. The following day the

students participated in the University Open

day where they were free to explore on their

own. The students also learned about a

scholarship scaffold they can use to put

together a ready-made scholarship application

that has a generic base on which to build.

I would like to thank the students involved for

the exemplary behaviour and outstanding

representation of our College.

The students names are Reilly Palmer,

Annabelle Perkins, Jessie Scarff and Ned Dillon.

Pauline Webber Careers Adviser Senior Campus

One College – Unlimited Opportunities

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Working Together from K—12 Working Together from K—12

Working To-

gether from

K—12

Year 9 Coaching— Primary

School Visit

On Friday 20 September and Thursday 26

September, Physical Activity and Sports

Studies Students went to Lake Street Oval and

met Forster Public students to run some

coaching sessions. Our students coached a

variety of sports including, netball, basketball,

touch, soccer, oztag, capture the flag and

volleyball. The students they coached ranged in

age from Year 1 to Year 2 and provided plenty

of challenges for the PASS coaches.

Our students were in groups of 3 or 4 and

coached between 15-20 Forster Public school

students in their group. Over the two days we

saw excellent levels of respect and compassion

towards our fellow learning community

members. The coaches showed tremendous

knowledge of their sports and demonstrated

excellent communication skills when running

their sessions. The two days made me a very

proud teacher of these two classes.

Digby Woods PDHPE Teacher Forster Campus

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Working Together from K—12 Working Together from K—12

Ella Maberly-Smith, Bethany Mooney and Ruby Hayes

Year 6 Careers Activities

Tanya and Rachel from the ‘Future Moves’ team

of CSU accompanied Forster Campus Careers

Adviser Scott Keough to Forster Public School

and Pacific Palms Public School on Thursday 5

September to deliver a careers based session to

all students in Year 6. As well as being

introduced to the Forster Campus Careers

Adviser and school captains, the Year 6

students were given a presentation by the

Future Moves team. Students were then asked

to complete a task Involving the use of QR Code

readers on iPads to discover some of the

careers that will be available to students in the

future. It is anticipated that this session will

become a yearly event to supplement the

transition program between Forster Campus

and our feeder primary schools.

Scott Keough Careers Adviser Forster Campus

Scott Keough, Tanya Brown and Rachel Jackett from CSU and the school leaders from Pacific Palms Public School

Loganne Palmer and Lochlan Freyler with Careers Adviser

Drama at Pacific Palms

On 31 October Miss Chinn and her Drama

students from Great Lakes College Forster

Campus, brought some Drama to Pacific Palms

Public School. There were many fun Drama

games and a sea of smiling faces.

Renee Chinn English Teacher Forster Campus

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A Dynamic and Focused Learning Environment

P & C NEWS

Year 11 visit to Auburn Gallipoli Mosque and The Jewish Museum

Eighteen Year 11 students from the Senior

Campus Modern History classes spent a highly

informative and thought provoking day in

Sydney recently.

The students were taken to the Auburn

Gallipoli Mosque and were in awe of the

beautiful internal decorations created by the

Lebanese community. The floors are covered in

rich Middle Eastern carpets, magnificent marble

and intricate painting and motifs adorned the

walls and the dome of the mosque. Our Muslim

friend and Mosque elder, Irgun, gave the

students an historical overview of Islamic

religion and the cultural lives of Muslims living

in Sydney today. The students were highly

engaged and asked stimulating and relevant

questions. Irgun was very impressed with their

thoughtfulness and willingness to learn.

After a quick excursion through the busy streets

of Auburn and experiencing some interesting

Middle Eastern and multi-cultural food, the

students were taken to the Sydney Jewish

Museum. Here we were escorted into the

museum by a heavily armed guard. However,

once inside we settled into one of the most

valuable accounts of the human experience,

that of a Holocaust survivor.

This was of tremendous value; as time moves

on, there are fewer survivors left to provide an

oral account of the experiences. The students,

again, were impressive in their ability to ask

probing and insightful questions, showing a high

degree of engagement, empathy and

enthusiasm to learn. The Jewish Museum was

then explored with a guide, further enhancing

the knowledge and understanding of one of the

most significant historical events in our time.

Both destinations have relevance to our HSC

topics – The Arab Israeli-Conflict and Power and

Authority in the Modern World 1919-1946 –

and attendance on this excursion was an

experience that will stay with the students for

life.

Lynn Graham HSIE Senior Campus

Students from Year 11 Modern History Tuncurry Senior

Campus

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Jack Bultitude, Akina Kennedy

A Dynamic and Focused Learning Environment

P & C NEWS

Geography—Liveability Studies

In Geography this semester, Year 7 students

have been investigating what makes a place

liveable. This culminated in the submission of a

neighbourhood that they have designed.

Students have created some wonderful and

sustainable neighbourhoods and where involved

in completing some peer feedback. In addition

to physical neighbourhoods, some students

experimented with using Minecraft as a platform

for education and created and submitted their

world online.

Kaylee Honemau HSIE Teacher Forster Campus

SRC Koala Day

On Tuesday 24 September, Forster Campus ran

a Koala Day at school. Students came dressed in

grey, white and green to duplicate the life of the

Koala in their natural habitat. Students gave a

gold coin donation to come to school out of

uniform. At lunch time, the SRC ran a BBQ which

again raised money for the Koala Hospital. The

total raised was $277.15. Forster Campus SRC

came up with the idea to support a local

organisation that is close to our hearts.

Digby Woods PDHPE Teacher Forster Campus

Olly Ryan and Luke McNeil

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One College – Unlimited Opportunities

Lawn Bowls Team Success

Two keen and enthusiastic teams of lawn

bowlers from Great Lakes College travelled to

New Lambton Bowling Club to compete in the

finals of the ‘Let’s Play Bowls Tournament’

which is strongly contested with teams from

across the Hunter/Newcastle region. The day

began with 3 x 55 minute pool matches,

winners being decided by a cumulative score

and after lunch went into semi-final play offs.

The play offs were scored differently with the

winners being the team to first win two ends of

a three end shoot out.

Team A consisting of skip Mal McTaggert (SC),

Kaitlyn Wilson (TC), Eva Williams (FC) and Tom

Williams (FC) looked professional and worked

strongly as a team, each drawing shots and

rolling up tactical bowls to defeat Newcastle A

9 – 0, Kotara High School A 13 -3, and Toronto

High School 11-3. These three wins left Team A

as the Hunter District champions to play in the

semi-finals. Team B made of skip Tom

Whitbread (SC), Rogan Dickson (SC), Jack

Howard (SC) and Zac Melnik (SC) played some

tight games but lost a close match against

Newcastle B on the last bowl of the match,

eliminating them from the competition. Their

games scores were Kotara B 7-6 win, St Pius X

6-4 win and loss 5-4 to Newcastle B.

In the semi-finals Team A came up against

Wallsend Campus and the best of three end

shoot out meant different tactics needed to be

employed. Unfortunately, the rub of the green

did not go with the team and they went down

2-1.

Congratulations to both teams who were

wonderful ambassadors for Great Lakes Col-

lege with the respectful way they played.

Christina Whitbread HT PDHPE Forster Campus

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Entrepreneurship at CSU

Students from the Tuncurry Campus were

fortunate enough to be involved in an

Entrepreneurship Challenge by Illuminate

Education, hosted at CSU in Port Macquarie.

It was a week-long intensive, 3 days on campus

and 2 days at school experience. Students were

given a brief which was to come up with

creative and feasible ideas to keep young peo-

ple in the local area. They had to work as a

team, create a team name and give everyone

a role. Together, they had to conduct a

feasibility study and marketing plan and present

their idea to a panel of investors.

Students quickly realised the importance of

delegation, team work, organisation and time

management. They had to upload documents

online to meet deadlines daily and continue to

refine and rethink their concept. They were able

to provide peer to peer feedback on other

teams’ ideas and finally, in business attire,

present their pitch.

We did extremely well with our two teams

demonstrating their critical thinking and

communication skills. We came home with 2

awards for best pitch deck presentation and

student’s choice – best idea! They should be

really proud of themselves and I think this was

an invaluable experience that I hope we can

participate in again next year.

You can find out more about Illuminate

Education: Next Gen Challenge here:

http://illuminateeducation.com.au/nextgen/

Ashley Evans Careers Adviser Tuncurry Campus

One College – Unlimited Opportunities

Oscar and Luke at their demonstration site Marcus leading the team

The group participating in CSU’s challenge

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Global Citizenship—Australia and

South Korea As part of our geography unit looking at how our

world is interconnected, Class 8T (Great Lakes

College, Forster Campus) has recently linked up

with a class of South Korean students from

HamPyeong Hakdari High School in the

southwest of the Korean peninsula. This

connection was made possible by Asia

ConneXions, a partnership between the

University of New England and the Departments

of Education in NSW, Australia and South Korea

whose aim is to provide students with an

opportunity to engage in authentic, real-time

engagement through the digital technology of

video conferencing. Through this project

students develop global citizenship skills by

expanding their understanding of cultural

perspective and the use of formal and informal

language to make real connections with peers

from a different culture.

Last week, our very enthusiastic 8T students and

a group of very motivated students from

HamPyeong Hakdari High School shared their

first connected lesson where we learnt about

our respective schools and the hopes and

dreams of our new South Korean friends. Over

the course of the next two months students will

meet again to address the key curriculum focus

of cultural identity and discuss what it is to be

part of an interconnected world. It was a

pleasure to see our students engage so

respectfully with this activity and to hear the

shared laughter over the 6,000 km that

separated our two classes.

Forster’s Connected Classroom is fully equipped

to put this project into action and to provide this

unique learning opportunity for our students.

Karen Chamberlain HSIE Teacher Forster Campus

A World Class Local Education

Front Row:Patrick, Jed, Lily, Angel.

Middle Row: Dyarna, Jordyn, Noah, Zack, Connor

Back Row: Jaiden, Jayden,

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Café Skills - TAFE

TAFE have provided café skills coursework for

students to build skills for working in

hospitality. Ken is a fantastic teacher and he

thoroughly instructs students how to make the

perfect coffee, other cold drinks and how to

manage money at the cash register. Students

have the opportunity to open the café at TAFE

and serve customers of the Great Lakes College

Campus.

Students really enjoyed this course and feel

confident they now have skills to work in

hospitality and take on the challenges of their

first casual job.

First Aid Course

Surf Lifesaving NSW were back again in

September to deliver their first aid course to

our students. Students arrived at the course

having completed the pre-course workbook

and were thrown straight into an activity to

test their understanding of theoretical

concepts. Following this, students completed a

number of practical tasks where they were

taken through a number of potential first aid

scenarios.

All students were successful in gaining their

First Aid, CPR and Basic Life Support

qualifications as a result of completing this

course.

Ashley Evans Tuncurry Campus

Scott Keough Forster Campus

Pauline Webber Senior Campus

One College – Unlimited Opportunities

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Issue 7—Term 4—Week 4 Page 16 Caramel filled hearts

Future Moves Return

On Tuesday 10 September, the ‘Future Moves’

Team from Charles Sturt University visited

Forster Campus to deliver their Careers

themed workshops to selected students in

Years 7, 8 and 9. The interactive workshops

involved presentations and games as well as

STEM based and entrepreneurial themed tasks

which were designed to get students

considering the future of the world of work.

Learn to work – Trades

Students from Tuncurry Campus were

recently involved in Learn to work Trades day,

affiliated with TAFE and hosted by HVTC Mid

Coast. Students spent the day at TAFE and

were given lunch. There were a number of

local speakers including Andy from the Block,

people from local industry and TAFE. Students

could see the connection between school and

work and what they need to do to secure a

traineeship or an apprenticeship opportunity.

Local council representatives spoke about

up-coming positions and students had the

opportunity to ask questions and meet

relevant industry contacts.

The second phase of learn to work trades day

allows students to complete the competencies

on the flyer attached, giving them more

opportunities to secure an apprenticeship.

One College – Unlimited Opportunities

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‘Learn to Work’ Trade Taster Day

In Week 8 Term 3, a number of students from the college attended the Learn to Work Trade

Taster Day at Great Lakes TAFE. The day kicked off with an entertaining work related talk from

Andrew Saunders who, as well as being a TAFE employee, is a comedian and contestant on the

2019 series of Channel Nine show ‘The Block’. This was followed by a presentation from current

Newcastle Knights player and NRL Ambassador Josh King who was able to tell the story of how

he managed to complete an apprenticeship as an electrician whilst juggling a professional

football career.

Students then took part in a carpentry workshop where they constructed a flower pot made

from timber before they returned to the classroom to hear from various employees from Mid

Coast Council who advertised the number of apprenticeships and traineeships that they offer.

At the end of the day, students were invited back to Great Lakes TAFE to complete a

pre-apprenticeship program which will run over a three week period in Term 4.

One College – Unlimited Opportunities

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Coming up in Careers…

AIN Interview Outcomes

Recently some of our students have been interviewed for School Based Apprenticeship/

Traineeship (SBAT) Opportunities with Hunter New England Health to complete the Assistant

in Nursing (AIN) Qualification during year 11 and 12. Applicants will find out if they have a

successful placement in November. They were well equipped with interview skills and a

thorough understanding of their job description before their interview.

We wish them luck!

Offers to TAFE 2020

Year 9 students who have expressed interest in studying a TAFE course next year will accept

or decline their offer in week 4.

UTS Campus Tour – 13 November

For prospective university students in Year 10 we are taking a mini bus to University of

Technology (UTS) to participate in their campus workshops and spend the day on Broadway,

Sydney. This gives students an original taste of city university life.

First Aid Course – 21 November

This course will be hosted at Tuncurry Campus for students in Year 10 interested in gaining

their first aid certification.

Future Directions Day – 27 November

CSU Port Macquarie invites Year 9 students to participate in Future Directions day where

they attend in a series of university workshops with academics, take a campus tour and enjoy

a lunch.

Strong Moves at CSU – 4 & 5 December

Blake Pascoe (Tuncurry Campus) is participating in Strong Moves which is Charles Sturt

University’s first university camp held in Port Macquarie on December 4 & 5 as part of their

Strong Moves program. Strong Moves is a mentoring program offered to Year 10 and 11

Indigenous students in partner schools of CSU.

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Next P&C Meeting

Wednesday 4 December 6:30pm

Tuncurry Campus The Great Lakes College Canteens were certified on the 3 October as operating a GREAT

CHOICE Healthy School Canteen under the NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy Food and

Drink Criteria. The canteens were recognised as achieving:

At least 75% (78% recorded) of the menu being Everyday and no more than 25% (22%) of

the menu as being Occasional foods and drink.

All the Occasional packaged foods and drinks in the canteen have a Health Star Rating of

3.5 Stars and above.

Portion limits were met for all Occasional foods and drinks and Everyday flavoured milk,

juices and hot meals on the menu.

The canteens displays, prices favourably, promotes and advertises only Everyday choices.

Sugar-sweetened drinks are not sold in the school canteen or in vending machines on Great

Lakes College premises.

This is a fantastic result, and has come about because of the hard work of Lee Caithness

(P&C Treasurer) and Lesley Campbell (P&C Canteen Coordinator), and all of the staff working

in the canteens.

With the assistance of Lee and Lesley, the P&C is working hard to improve the services

provided by the school canteens to the Great Lakes College Community. The P&C welcomes

any feedback on potential future improvements that fit within the constraints placed upon

school canteen operations. We are always looking for more volunteers, which helps facilitate

more successful canteen operations.

Stuart Small

The P&C's only source of funds to support college activities is the

profits generated by the canteens. Volunteers working in the

canteen are critical in helping the P&C generating these profits

and any help from the parent body is greatly appreciated.

P&C News

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FORSTER CAMPUS CANTEEN

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TUNCURRY CAMPUS CANTEEN

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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 4

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

11/11/2019 12/11/2019 13/11/2019 14/11/2019 15/11/2019

Cathy Harris Monserrat Debbie Pam Crawley Daph Stockey

18/11/2019 19/11/2019 20/11/2019 21/11/2019 22/11/2019 Cathy Harris Monserrat

Caitlyn Herb

Debbie Pam Crawley Daph Stockey

25/11/2019 26/11/2019 27/11/2019 28/11/2019 29/01/2019

Cathy Harris Monserrat Debbie Pam Crawley Daph Stockey

02/12/2019 03/12/2019 04/12/2019 05/12/2019 06/12/2019

Cathy Harris Monserrat Debbie Pam Crawley Daph Stockey

Sharon Deacon

09/12/2019 10/12/2019 11/12/2019 12/12/2019 13/12/2019

Cathy Harris Monserrat Debbie Pam Crawley

Rachel Wicks

Daph Stockey

16/12/2019 17/12/2019 18/12/2019 19/12/2019 20/12/2019

Cathy Harris Monserrat

Caitlyn Herb

Debbie

TUNCURRY CAMPUS CANTEEN ROSTER

Ph: 6555 0500 OR Belinda 6555 0575

Term 4

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

11/11/2019 12/11/2019 13/11/2019 14/11/2019 15/11/2019

Uniting Church Bevan Hill Gerry Ryal

18/11/2019 19/11/2019 20/11/2019 21/11/2019 22/11/2019

Bevan Hill Gerry Ryal

25/11/2019 26/11/2019 27/11/2019 28/11/2019 29/01/2019

Bevan Hill Sharon Sommerville Gerry Ryal

02/12/2019 03/12/2019 04/12/2019 05/12/2019 06/12/2019

Uniting Church Bevan Hill Sharon Sommerville Gerry Ryal

09/12/2019 10/12/2019 11/12/2019 12/12/2019 13/12/2019

Uniting Church Bevan Hill Sharon Sommerville Gerry Ryal

16/12/2019 17/12/2019 18/12/2019 19/12/2019 20/12/2019

Bevan Hill

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Great Lakes College (Relieving) Principal: Mrs Jennifer Miggins

Phone: 6554 6062

LOWES

Stockland Shopping Centre Breese Parade

FORSTER 2428 Ph.6555 3870

MYSTIC SOUL 1A Trades Court FORSTER 2428 Ph.6555 6116

JUNGLE SURF Manning Street

TUNCURRY 2428 Ph. 6555 8556

www.junglesurf.com.au

Preferred Uniform Suppliers

COLLEGE CONTACTS

Forster Campus (Relieving) Principal:

Mr Michael Adams

Cape Hawke Drive

Forster 2428

Phone: (02) 6554 6062

Fax: (02) 6555 6904

Canteen Phone: (02) 6539 6541

[email protected]

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

Hours: 8am—3:45 pm

PAYMENTS FORSTER CAMPUS

When making a payment using our website’s “Make a Payment” link for

Forster Campus please go to:

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

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

[email protected]

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

Hours: 8am—3:30pm

PAYMENTS TUNCURRY CAMPUS

When making a payment using our website’s “Make a Payment” link for Tuncurry 7-10 Campus please go to:

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

Senior Campus (Relieving) Principal:

Mr Brad Germon

The Northern Parkway

Tuncurry 2428

Phone: (02) 6555 0555

Fax: (02) 6557 6511

Canteen Phone: (02) 6555 0575

[email protected]

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

Hours: 8am—3:30pm

PAYMENTS SENIOR CAMPUS

When making a payment using our website’s “Make a Payment” link for

Senior Campus please go to:

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

FORSTER CAMPUS TUNCURRY CAMPUS SENIOR CAMPUS