HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

‘Meeting the individual needs of all students’

RESPECT RESPONSIBILTY TEAMWORK

T H U R S D A Y 1 5 T H J U N E 2 0 1 7

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-12 School Formal Preparation

Preparations are well underway for the school formal which will be held on Friday 28th July. The theme for the Primary Social is Masquerade and the Secondary will be

Winter Wonderland. Committees have been set up to take responsibility for different parts of the organisation. Chelsea and Michayla are responsible for organising the food and drinks, ticketing and advertising will be managed by Angelika and Tegan, games and activities will be organised by Kiana and Jessica while Amalie and Chloe

will be taking responsibility for organising the decorations.

Here, Angelika, Chelsea and Amalie work on the overall planning for the night.

HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

2017

Term 2

June

Friday 16th June Jeans For Genes Day

Sunday 18th June Working Bee 8-30am

Monday 19th June Shake Rattle & Read

Thursday 22nd June P-4 Excursion

Winter Sports vs Tyrrell

College

Tuesday 27th June

Careers Expo

Year 10/11/12

Wednesday 28th June

School Council Meeting

Friday 30th June

Casual Clothes day

P& F Special Lunch P-6

Reports Distributed

End of Term

Term 3

July Monday 17th July School Resumes

Tuesday 18th July

Federation University Visit Year 9/10/12

Wednesday 26th July Parents Club Meeting

7.30pm College Library

Hopetoun P-12 College

Phone 5083 3203 Fax 5083 3016 Email: hopetoun.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Hopetoun P-12 College is a Child Safe School

Principal’s Report Principals’ Conference

I have spent the past two days in Melbourne attending the South West Victoria Region Princi-pals’ Conference. The focus of the conference was on the initiatives and actions involved in improving education across the state. We had a range of guest speakers who focused on im-provements and initiatives being rolled out by the Department of Education and Training. We participated in a range of workshops as well as a series of plenary sessions and forums. One of the most intriguing presentations was by the Reverend Peter Costello. Peter spoke about the big issues confronting the world today and then related those issues to school systems and to Victoria. He is an extremely optimistic man who, despite seeing the ravages of war and deprivation across many countries, he remains positive and supportive. He was skilful in relating his experiences to our task of educating students and he pressed for educating the whole child – social, emotional, physical and cognitive. Perhaps the best ‘take-away’ for me from the conference is that, despite distance, rurality, size and a mouse plague, we are providing the right teaching and learning for our students. Education needs to be local and global – Hopetoun P-12 College is providing both for our stu-dents. We will continue to press the improvements currently underway as well as continue to provide the best education possible for our students.

MATES Mentoring

There is still time to sign up for the MATES mentoring program. Contact Nicki at school on 5083 3203 to sign up for the program or to enquire about how the program supports students as well as provides a fulfilling experience for mentors.

Working Bee

School Council is keen to continue improving our school grounds. There have been signifi-

cant changes already this year such as the demolition of the old Tech building, the relocation

of the shade shelters, the tidying of our school grounds and general maintenance.

This Sunday we have a monster working bee planned. We need to remove the old sleepers from around the old library in readiness for asphalting the area under and near the shade shelter, tidy the front of the school along Dodgshun Street and tidy up the old primary school site. The working bee starts at 8.30 am this Sunday. I hope you can come along and assist.

Graeme Holmes Principal

Shake Rattle & Read HEALTHY ACTIVE KIDS

Winter Sport @ Sea Lake 22nd June, 2017

A reminder that Secondary Winter Sport will be held on 22nd June at Tyrrell Col-lege Sea Lake. We join Rainbow P-12

College to compete against Tyrrell Col-lege in football, netball and badminton. Permission forms have been sent home with students and these need to be re-turned to the college by the 19th June.

Every day counts

facts

A 10 day period of unauthorised absence in

a year is sufficient to drop a child a full band in

NAPLAN testing.

Working Bee

Sunday 18th June, 2017

8-30am

Friday 30th June Casual Clothes Day

Primary (P-6) School Special

Lunch

Reports Distributed

JEANS FOR GENES Date: 16th of June

Please come in school uniform with the

exception of having permission to wear

Jeans.

Gold coin donation

W Weekly Student Award

Well done to the following students for receiving Student of the Week

31st May

School Council

Wednesday 31st May

School Council

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILTY

TEAM WORK

Homework Club Thursday

3-20pm until 4-00pm

Prep—Year 6

Room 4

Secondary

Year 7—12

Room 5

Year 7 Students Geoffrey Box, Michayla Frankel, Amber Morey, Neha Kovoor, Bronte Michael, Seisia

Horman, Bonnie Horman and MacKenzie Bellinger . For always showing respect towards their peers and teachers, for always taking respon-sibility for their learning and striving to do their best and for always working as a team and supporting each other. Year 7, you are all fine role models and the school is very

proud of you.

SPECIAL LUNCH

PRIMARY STUDENTS

FRIDAY, JUNE 3OTH, 2017

Orders and money to be returned to school by no later than Friday, June 23rd. Parents Club

Parents Club Meeting

Wednesday July 26th

7-30pm

Library

Using Text Connectives—Year 9

I like summer because I can go outside and do things, on the other hand, Netball is in winter. Today I ate lots of chocolate, as a result I feel sick. Denita

He didn’t clean his room when he was asked, as a result he was-n’t allowed to watch the movie. I wanted to buy the dress, on the other hand I wanted to save my money. Jess

Do you have mattress that is too soft or hard? Do you wake up with a bad back pain? Well not anymore at Mattress Sleep. We have all mattresses for a good night sleep. Above all, you get a 10% off discount. We have soft, really soft, hard, really hard and even in between mattresses. You will get a good night’s sleep. If not you can bring it back in 30 days and get all your money back. Katherine

I wanted to play outside but it was raining, on the other hand, if I stay inside I will not get sick. I was counting my money, meanwhile my little sister kept com-plaining that she did not have any because she spent it all. Montana

I stayed home from school one day and as a result, I had to catch up on a lot of work. Mum was outside working, meanwhile I was on the couch watch-ing TV. Mali

I didn’t do any of the jobs my mother told me to do, therefore I wasn’t allowed to go to my friend’s house on the weekend. As a result of not revising my Spelling words, I scored a 4/10. Tegan

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To Kill a Mockingbird- Was the film a successful adaption?

The popular book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ had many mysteries and lessons inside of it. After a while a film was then created for it. Did the film live up to the book or not? I think it did, yet I also thought the book and film make the story shine in different ways.

I found the book showed many lessons and messages about human na-ture and the area of Maycomb. Scout and Jem shone in the book and I also feel like they did in the film. One big difference I found between the book and the film is Scout and Jem’s relationship with Calpurnia and the way she impacted their lives. This wasn’t really shown in the film in the same way it was put across in the book.

The film lightened up the story differently to the book. I thought that the Finch family and their relationships with each other came through in the film more than in the book and showed their values and the way they went about life. When reading the book, I didn’t get a good un-derstanding about their family yet I got to see other features that the film didn’t show.

I feel like the book and film did each other justice, and the book and film

as a collective gives a greater effect and a greater story with many mes-

sages. Shiarne

Careers Expo All Year 10,11 and 12 students will be attending the Careers Expo on Tuesday 27th June at the Wimmera Events Centre, Longerenong. Stu-dents are required to wear full school uniform. They will leave school at 8.50am sharp and return in time for buses. Food is available to be purchased on the day or students can bring a packed lunch. Permission forms have gone home so please return them to the office ASAP. Thanks - Mrs Baulch

FedUni Schools Outreach invites you to

the…

‘Focus on your Future’ Year 9 Workshop &

Presentation

At: Hopetoun P-12 College

Date: Tuesday 18 July

Time: 3:30pm

No cost- All family members welcome

Afternoon Tea Provided, Activities and Stu-

dent Presentations

RSVP to the office by Thursday 29th June

MATES was the brain child of Wimmera Southern Mallee LLEN and first began in 2011, now 6 years later, over 400 children have benefited. The MATES Mentoring program provides positive role models who mentor , assist, target, engage and en-hance the skills and life experiences of young people. For one hour, every second week during school hours, volunteers within the community spend valuable time with their ‘mate’. The Mentor role is that of a friend, positive role model and guide who would take a personal interest in a child’s growth and development. Hopetoun P-12 College has been actively involved in the mates program for 3 years with the results being extremely positive for both the mentee and mentor. To ensure this beneficial program can continue we are looking for more mentoring volunteers, so if you are over 18 and have a genuine desire to make a difference in a young person’s life, please read the attached brochure and contact Nicki Bellinger at the school.

mates mentor assist target engage

skills