Prinipcal’s Report

Karadoc Avenue, Irymple, Vic 3498. Phone: 50 245407 Fax 50 246631 www.irysec.vic.edu.au

Principal’s Report

Important Dates

November

Mon 17 – Thu 20th – Yr 9

Outdoor Ed Surf Trip

Mon 24th – Pre Driver Ed

Wed 26th – Peer Mentor

Training day

December

Mon 1st – Pre Driver Ed

Mon 1 – Wed 3 – Yr 10

Exams

Thu 4th – Yr 10 Graduation

Ball

Fri 5th – Report Writing Day

– PUPIL FREE DAY

Tue 16th – Awards Night

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Thursday 13th Nov No. 366

Irymple Secondary College

Irymple Under the Stars at the Arts Centre Congratulations to all involved with four wonderful (two matinees) performances of Irymple Under the Stars at the Mildura Arts Centre. These performances showcased the outstanding talents of students in music, dance and drama. This is indeed a credit to the performing arts program at our school. A feature of all these performances was the large number of people in the audience to support the students. It was very pleasing to have 147 students performing on stage which is a significant percentage of our student body. Well done to Mrs Noeleen Davis and her dedicated support crew of staff and volunteers. Among the many volunteers, we are very grateful to Mrs Anne-Marie Fiorillo and Mrs Karen Barbary, as well as ex-student Rayleigh Morris. Student of the Month At our school assembly Monday last week the following students were recognised as Students of the Month for their efforts and contributions during October. 7A – Jasmin Walter, 7B - Blake Hoskins, 7C – Tiana D’Amico, 7D – Harry Butcher, 7E – Brodie Adams & Elise Cirillo, 7F – Joseph Irvine. 8A –Maddy Cody & Ruby Underwood, 8B – Tegan Harris, 8C – Cooper Kalms, 8D – Chloe Niutta,

8E – Izaak Luitjes & John Mendoza, 8F – Emma Martin & Connor Mensch. 9A – Aliza Benchmo, James Stanbrook & Phoebe Train, 9B - Kyle Milner, 9C – Jordan Buckingham, Nikkita Fuda & Miller McRae, 9D - Shalailah Carter, Ashlee Hester & Teah Fewings.

10B – Georgia Niutta, 10D – Natalie Clifford & Laura Spagnolo, 10F – Noah Cody & Eliza Searle, 10G - Georgia Brinsmead, Clayton Curran & Aleisha Harberger, 10H – Rhiannon Kerr & Samantha Leersen.

Garry Costello Principal

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Assistant Principal’s Report Locker Fundraising Congratulations to our SRC, School Captains and Miss Stevens for organising our last fundraising activity of the year which will be this Friday - a casual dress day in support of our new Lockers. Please support our student leaders in this activity (see advertisement on page 5). Transition Year 10 students It has been a busy time with our form teachers and pathways teachers supporting Year 10 students in their choices and successful transition beyond Year 10 at ISC. The next few weeks will be hectic for our Year 10 students, with revision finally culminating in exams. We will be holding the Graduation Ball at Club Da Vinci on Thursday 4th December for eligible Year 10 students. Orientation Days On Tuesday 9th December and Wednesday 10th December we will be holding Orientation Days for Grade 6 students coming into Year 7 in 2015. Any inquiries about these days should be directed towards Mrs Loretta Clyne. Anne Symes Assistant Principal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

David Morris, Sochi Olympic Silver Medallist Next Thursday the 20th of November, David Morris is coming to our college to motivate and inspire some of our students who have chosen to pursue pathways in the Physical Sciences such as Pathways to PE, Sports Science and Coaching, Outdoor Education and Health/PE. Since his Winter Olympic silver medal success, David has spent time speaking to young people to help them pursue their life goals, conquer setbacks and develop the right mindset to be the best they can be at whatever they want to achieve. Information about David’s career including pictures of his silver medal winning jump can be accessed at: http://aerialskier.com/videos/

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Leadership Conference

On Friday 7th November, eleven students from Irymple Secondary

College attended the Grand Hotel for a leadership conference. We had

a great day and learnt so much about being a leader. We played

leadership games and went to different rooms to learn about different

things they do. Being a leader is about being there for people and being

someone people can look up to. It was a wonderful experience to listen

to. Communicating with other people from different schools and talking

about where they want to go as a leader was good to hear. Thank you

Grip Leadership for a wonderful day. The following students attended the Grip Leadership Conference: Meg Ryan,

Brooke Hammond, Emma Ash, Alannah Snart, Mikaela Anderson, Tarlia Couzner, Jake Barker, Thomas Moore, Nathan

Turley, Bryce Thomas and Natasha Watkins.

Natasha Watkins & Brooke Hammond

Year 9 Students

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ITALIAN- DANTE ALIGHIERI AWARDS -2014

The Dante Alighieri Awards were held on Sunday, November 9th, 2014 at the Trinity Lutheran College school hall in Mildura and there were over 200 people in attendance. The Dante Alighieri Certificates are awarded to students who have excelled in their studies of the Italian language. This year over 150 students from around the district received a certificate. Congratulations to the following students from Irymple Secondary College, who received a Dante Alighieri Award: Certificate of Distinction: 7A – Jasmin Walter 7B - Sammy Blackmore 7C - Megan Hammond 7D - Georgia Leutner 7E – Elise Cirillo 7F - Mathew Calf 8AF – Samiuela Fangaloka 8BCD/LC – Benjamin Symes 8BCD/CK - Tegan Harris 8E – Izaak Luitjes 9 – Peter Callipari Certificate of Merit: 7A – Sarah Lucas 7B – Brandy-Lee Martin 7C - Alec Matthews 7D - Regan Kerslake 7E – Alexandria Young 7F - Sarah Moritz 8AF – Ellen Abbott 8BCD/LC – Daniel Harberger 8BCD/CK – Olivia Caminiti 8E – Jordyn Ward 9B– Kyle Milner Loretta Clyne, Carlie Kee and Chelsea Tuohey (Italian Teachers)

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Loddon Mallee Table-Tennis Championships

Our junior girls Table-tennis team consisting of Kate Bennett, Kendall McLean, Savanna Kalms and Courtney Orwell competed in the Loddon Mallee Table-Tennis Championships which were held in Bendigo on Friday 24th October. The girls were accompanied by parent Donna McLean and travelled down with the Yr 7/8 Boys Basketball team together with other team representatives

Dante Alighieri was a 13th century poet who was born in

Florence, Tuscany. Dante Alighieri is for the Italians, what

William Shakespeare is for the English. Latin was the official

language for any written or scholarly works, however, due to

the success of his masterpiece “The Divine Comedy”, in his

regional dialect, the Tuscan dialect was adopted as the official

language that is still used today all over Italy, and taught in our

schools in Australia.

Students at the award ceremony on Sunday,

Nov 9th, 2014.

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Table-Tennis…. cont…. from the region. While the girls only had the 1 game, against Catholic College Bendigo, they came out to play and were convincing winners on the day, winning 5 rubbers to 1, even with Catholic College shifting some of their seedings on the day to try and seek an advantage. Scores for the day were: Singles: Kate Bennett 5 games to 0 - 56 points to 0. Kendall McLean: 4 games to 1 – 52 points to 34 Savanna Kalms: 5 games to 0 – 55 points to 19, and Courtney Orwell: 2 games to 3 – 38 points to 46

Doubles: Kate and Kendall: 4 games to 1 – 52 points to 21, and Savanna and Courtney: 3 games to 2 – 44 points to 40.

As a result of their performance, the girls qualify for the State finals which will be held on Wednesday November 19th at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre at Albert Park in Melbourne. We would like to thank the girls for their behaviour and effort throughout the day and congratulate them for their success and wish them best of luck for the State Finals. We also would like to thank Donna McLean for volunteering her time to accompany the girls to Bendigo and for her guidance to the girls on the day. Attached is a photo of the successful and happy team.

Tarsha Hawley - LMR and State Golf Championships

Year 8 student Tarsha Hawley competed in the LMR Golf Championships which were held at the Rich River Golf and Country Club in Moama last term. Tarsha performed exceptionally well to win the stroke event with a total of 85 off the stick which gave her second place in the handicap event with a nett score of 70. As a result of her performance at Rich River, Tarsha qualified for the State Golf Championships which were played at the Gardiners Run Golf Course in Melbourne on Friday 31st October. While she did not perform as well as she would have liked, she still carded a 94 for the 18 holes which saw her finish 9th in the stroke event. Tarsha’s nett score of 82 saw her finish 12th in the

handicap event.

Tarsha’s talent impressed scouts who were at the championships and she has been invited to play in the Victorian Junior Masters Championships to be held at the Waverley Golf Club in Melbourne from Monday 5th – Wednesday 7th January. We congratulate Tarsha on her performance and this invitation and wish her all the best in the Masters.

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Canteen committee We have been meeting regularly with Julia, the School Nurse, two Year 9 students; Emily and Courtney as well as Anne Symes and Kylie Graham- the Canteen Manager. We have been looking at the results from our Canteen Survey as to how to improve our canteen as well as providing healthier choices for our students and staff. Many students completed the survey and provided some good information on what they like about our canteen and some ideas for improvements. If families have any suggestions we would love to hear them if you would like to ring or email the school. Perhaps you have a healthy, quick and easy recipe your family enjoys that we could consider offering on our canteen menu. Margo Impey

PAGE 5 Educating For Success Homework Nights-Wednesday and Thursday night after school Every week on Wednesday and Thursday after school until 4.30pm we run Homework classes in the ISC library. Staff are on hand to provide help and support in subjects students may need help in. Students are supervised by Carlie Kee and myself on Wednesday night and Brad Hill and his crew on Thursday night. Students do not have to attend every week but we are available if they need some extra explanations, support or encouragement. Students may wish to bring a snack/ drink to help them focus and stop tummies grumbling. Look forward to seeing you there. Margo Impey -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pre-Loved Locker Sale The current student lockers are being replaced for 2015. The old lockers are in banks of 6 and are being sold for $50 per bank. Some are slightly damaged. If you are interested in purchasing some old lockers please contact Sarah Doolan -5024 5407 or cleary.sarah.m@edumail.vic.gov.au

RAINBOW DAY FOR LOCKERS

Friday the 14 – 11 – 14 is Rainbow day at ISC.

Please come dressed in bright colours of the rainbow and bring a gold coin

donation. There will be a prize for the most colourful form.

All money raised goes towards the purchase of new lockers for 2015.

RAINBOW DAY FOR

LOCKERS

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Careers News – Each week up to date news is linked to our ISC

website under the sub-headings of ‘students’ then ‘careers & pathways’. To automatically receive this link email Jackie Horkings, horkings.jackie.j@edumail.vic.gov.au and I will put you on an email list. It includes many hyperlinks to all kinds of opportunities and information related to careers of all types.

This week features:

Focus article on careers in media and communications (journalism, marketing, public relations) What is studying Nursing and Midwifery like? Defence Jobs YouTube Channel Defence Force One Year Roles Defence Force- Health Careers

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Careers cont….

Careers in Criminology and Justice Geophysics Pathways to courses at Australia National University Pathways to Macquarie University UNSW program for gifted and talented students University Newsletters for Secondary Students (Monash, UNSW, University of Melbourne) Interested in studying music, performing arts, film etc.? Have you considered studying songwriting? Interested in how the human body works? Do you have a passion for agriculture? University of Canberra: Outstanding Scholars Program La Trobe: Hallmark Program Swinburne: Vice Chancellor’s Excellence and Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Scholarships Victoria University: Chancellor’s Scholarships Are you in years 7 – 12? Do you want to work with animals? Upcoming Events

Yr 7 (Equations) Excellent 9 General (Probability) Excellent

Alec Matthews Tylar Ginn

Joshua Fangaloka

11 Math Methods (Probability)

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Lachlan Fangaloka Jessica Penna

Megan Hammond Amy Daymond

Seeret Johar Phil Konstanopoulos

Jesse Lopesi Chloe Brown

Lachlan Stanbrook Tayla Farlie

9 Advanced (Linear Graphs) Excellent 10 Advanced (Probability )

Excellent

Jake Barker Alex Bacon

Jessica Bath

Aliza Benchmo

Peter Callipari

Marianne Fiorillo

Nikkita Fuda

Brooke Graham

Jazmine Hall

Dharma Hawson

Mitchell Hynoski

Kyle Milner

Thomas Moore

John Salatielu

Phoebe Train

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Year 9 Outdoor

Ed Surf Trip

Pre-Driver Ed

12:30-4:30

Dr Karl Talk

Year 9

Outdoor

Ed Surf

Trip

Year 9

Outdoor

Ed Surf

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Year 9

Outdoor

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Pre-Driver

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12:30-4:30

Pre-Driver

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Pre-Driver Ed

12:30-4:30

Yr 10 Exams Yr 10 Exams

Yr 10

Exams

Yr 10

Grad

Ball

Report

Writing Day

Pupil Free

Yr 6

Orientation

Day

Yr 6 Orientation

Day

SRC

Casual

Dress

Day

Awards

Night

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Irymple

Secondary College

kindly

acknowledges the

following sponsors

Irymple Secondary

College kindly thanks

the above sponsors

Irymple Secondary College kindly thanks the following sponsors: