issue no. 13 25 august 2017
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Issue No. 13 25 August 2017
Email: [email protected] - Phone: 58 561 230 - Fax: 58 561 940
Website: www.rushworthp-12.vic.edu.au
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AUGUST 28 29
P-12 Assembly 9.00am Primary Athletics Carnival (Years 4-6)
30 School banking day MINI MARKET MORNING TEA 10.30am –12.30pm
31 1
September 4 5
P-12 Assembly 9.00am 6 School banking day VCE Ag/Hort Excursion
7 GMDSSV Interschool Athletics Carnival (Selected secondary students)
8 Year 7 Transition Day 2 9.00 - 12.30pm Newsletter home
11 12 P-12 Assembly 9.00am
13 School banking day
14 R u OK? Day
15 Year 10 Roadsmart session
18 College Council 7.00pm
18 P-12 Assembly 9.00am Year 7/8 Summer Sports Day 1
20 School banking day
30
Home - School Connections 4.00 - 8.00pm
31
Home - School Connections 8.30am - 2.00pm NO SCHEDULED CLASSES Term 3 finishes Early dismissal 2.30 pm
What’s coming up
at the College?
PARENTS DON’T FORGET… you can still have a say
with the Parent Opinion Online Survey until Sunday 27 August.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK!!!
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News from the Principal….
In Pursuit of Excellence
My recent attendance at the University of Melbourne Seminar again highlighted the importance of developing reading comprehension. Reading, as you will be aware, is our focus at the College with our goal being to develop the reading growth of all students. The afternoon’s learning made specific links to improving reading comprehension through the development of world knowledge and vocabulary. These are the main objectives in our reading plan and we will continue to build the knowledge of our teachers so they are implementing evidence-based strategies to develop these areas. The importance of independent reading in developing vocabulary was emphasised and we will continue to promote this in the college on a regular basis. Your support in promoting reading as an enjoyable leisure time activity, as well as an essential skill in everyday life, to your child in the home would be invaluable. This is a great area to work as a partnership to support your child in developing this essential skill.
Our Leadership Team presented our 6-monthly review to our Senior Education Improvement Leader, Mr Paul Hon, last week. The preparation for this exercise provided us with valuable reflection time as we reflected on the progress made against the goals we had set for ourselves. There was much to be proud of but we are not stopping yet! The Rushworth community, of which our college is a part of, should always demand that “In Pursuit of Excellence” is evident in every action we take, every day. The young people enrolled here deserve nothing less.
In May of this year, students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in NAPLAN testing. You will receive your child’s
results and a letter that helps you interpret these. These results are important indicators for us as a college and
provides feedback on our learning and teaching program, as well as information on individual classes and students.
Positive Community, Positive Outcomes
We were very fortunate to have many visitors into the college on Tuesday to witness and participate in the annual Book Week Parade. This year’s theme was ‘Escape to Everywhere’ and there were many interpretations of this evident in the costumes worn by students and staff. The Rushworth Kindergarten joined in also, and these delightful young children obviously had a lot of fun preparing for the day. Thank you to Marg, Elizabeth and the families who ensured these children could participate in the parade. I would also like to thank Kerri-Anne, other staff and all of the students who have worked for an extended period of time to make the event a success. With our focus on reading, Book Week has even greater significance in our college.
The Parent Opinion Survey closes this Sunday. We have invited all of our families (111 in total) to participate in the survey and I am asking (begging) for you to take the time to provide us with feedback on the work we are doing. Our response rate is very low at this time and to have data of any significance, you need to be involved. We are heading into a review in 2018 and therefore your thoughts will have extra significance. I understand that we can be bombarded with surveys from different organisations and they can be left at the bottom of the priority list but this one is of importance to your child’s education. Hopefully, that puts it into the ‘high priority’ zone.
With regards,
Leanne Miller
Principal
Currently reading: The Severed Land by Maurice Gee
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CBCA Book Week parade at the College resulted with a great turn up…
Rushworth Kindergarten students, RP12 students, families and staff had a ball!!
The lovely weather was a bonus!!
Rushworth Kindergarten students presented amazing characters and brought plenty of colour and excitement to the College. Each student was presented with a junior fiction book for their enthusi-
asm and participation on the day.
Winning students: Prep: Isacc Chester-White - Unicorn and Helena Edward - Where’s Wally
Year 1: Oliver Peterson - Marty McFly and Desiree Swallow - Bat Girl
Year 2: Josh Revell - Pikachu and Emma Marshall - Panda
Year 3: Ziggy Spence - Map (Narnia) and Haylee Marshall - Sophie (BFG)
Year 4: Philip Fung - Where’s Wally and Samantha Baldwin - Pocahontas
Year 5: Harry Leishman - Basketballer and Dakota Reid - Grace (Our Australian girl. 1808. Meet Grace)
Year 6: Whil Jones - Clown and Jay-Leigh Meguyer - Lisa (Saddle Club)
Winning staff member: Pat Young - Cleopatra
Until next time, keep on reading!! Kerri-Anne Nurse ☺
Lot’s of colour, princesses, super heroes and
even a unicorn!
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Where did you escape to this
Book Week?
We got to travel to Egypt,
Mexico, live in a fairy castle,
hunt for dinosaurs at Jurassic
Park, climb tall buildings and
fly home from the moon!
Books can do that to you!!
#reading
#bookstakesyouplaces
#loveboooks
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And after the BIG parade we all adjourned into the Library for some lovely
party food !! Who doesn't love party food?
Now turn the page to see
who the WINNERS of
CBCA book Week were…
Think about borrowing
them from the library next
week!
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CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017
Visit this informative link for further information: http://cbca.org.au/about-the-awards
About the CBCA Book of the Year
History of the Awards
Categories
And the winners are….
Picture Book of the Year
Title: Home in the Rain
Author/illustrator:
Bob Graham
The Book the Year: Older Readers
Title: One Would Think the Deep
Author: Claire Zorn
The Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Title: Rock hopping
Author/Illustrator
Trace Balla
The Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Title: Go Home, Cheeky Ani-
mals!
Author: Johanna Bell
Illustrator: Dion Beasley
The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Title: Amazing Animals of Austral-
ia’s National Parks
Author: Gina M Newton
Crichton Award
Title: The Patchwork Bike
Author: Maxine Beneba Clarke
Illustrator: Van T Rudd
“Books allow us to escape this world and go into places
where you can experience other countries, culture and
times both real and imaginary. Reading can help some
people escape problems the are having in their lives. They
can live for a few hours as another character.”
Stubbs, J, 2017. Escape to Everywhere : CBCA Book Week 2017. 1st ed. Raceview, Qld:
Ipswich district Teacher - Librarian Network.
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ROCHESTER FARM
SAFETY EXPO
On Tuesday the 15th of August at Rochester, Rushworth 3 to 6 classes went on a bus to Rochester Farm and Safety Expo. We listened to the Paramedics, Police, Lifeguards, CFA, SES and also the St John of God Ambulance. For lunch there was a sausage sizzle and I had two. There was also freebies such as pens, pamphlets, rulers, drink bottles and heaps of other things. We got to go in a fire truck, police car and an ambulance. It was really fun! By Dakota Reid
On Tuesday the 15th of August the 3 to 6 grades went to the Roch-ester Football Oval and learnt about farm safety. We learnt about what life jacket to wear on boats and other stuff. We got to go in a police car and got to turn on the police siren, it was fun. After we had our lunch in a big shed. After that we all got on the bus Whil, Noah, Bailey and I all sat up the back of the bus. When we got back to school it was lunch time, so we got to play around the school. Then we went to the library and watched a movie. After the movie we went home. By Thomas Jones
On Tuesday the 15th of August, grades 3 to 6 from Rushworth P-12 went to Rochester Football Oval for the Rochester Farm and Safety Expo. There were a lot of people from different schools there. There was also many different people from the community who shared a lot of information about safety with us. I was allowed to sit in a police car and turn on the sirens and flashing lights, some people tried on handcuffs. By Noah Aldridge **Despite the wet weather, the students had a ball & even
appeared on the WIN News!
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VCE Health & Human Development Students studying VCE Health & Human Development have been visiting the Rushworth Kindergarten regularly this term, as they undergo School Assessed Coursework on childhood development. Thank you to Marg and the staff at the Kinder for giving our students ‘real-life’ experiences whilst they undertake their studies. Larissa Carr
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DRUMBEAT We are having all sorts of fun in DRUMBEAT this term and are looking forward to showing off our new skills to our closest family and friends at the end of the term. Here we are tapping out a few rhythms on the Djembes.
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Year 7 Transition Timetable
9.00-9.10 am Advisory Group —with Ms Carr. (*State-wide Transition Day)
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TERM 3 1 9:10 – 10:10
2 10:10-11:10
R E C E S S
3 11:30-12:30
4 12:30-1:30
L U N C H
5 2:20-3:20
Friday 8th Septem-ber
Maths W1 Mr Akan
Sport Science W2 Mrs Kelly
English N-Block Miss Matthew
TERM 4
Friday 20th October
Science W1 Mr Barnes
Science W1 Mr Barnes
Food Technology W3 Mrs Bolding
Food Technology W3 Mrs Bolding
Tuesday 14th No-vember
Humanities N4 Miss Dupuy
Humanities N4 Miss Dupuy
Design Tech DT Room W4 Ms Klinberg
Design Tech DT Room W4 Ms Klinberg
PBL W1 Mr Daws
Tuesday 12th De-cember *SWT
ART S4 Miss Duthie
ART S4 Miss Duthie
Library skills/ BYOD Library FRA/NUR/YOU
Physical Education Stadium Mrs Kelly
Fun Maths N-Block Mr Tinning
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VCE 1 & 2, 3 & 4 Early Sell English Booklists 2018
Early Sell English booklists were mailed out at the end of last week
to parent/guardians of students completing VCE English Units 1 &
2, 3 & 4 in 2018.
This order is for relevant novels and DVD’s that your child will need
for English in 2018. Purchasing these now, enables your child to
utilise these materials during Early Commencement and over the
Christmas school holiday break.
If you have not received a Booklist please contact Kerri-Anne at
the College on 58561230.
earn &
learn Families can collect stickers each
time you shop at Woolworths and bring these into school.
Our total number of stickers at the end of this promotion then
allows us as a school to purchase some much needed equipment
for our students.
Please help us by collecting stickers and bringing these to the office. A sticker sheet has been
sent home with Primary students this week, if you require more
sheets, please collect them from the office. Thank you.
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If you would like us to promote your upcoming event or organisation please email the details to: [email protected]
Traineeship Opportunity—earn while you learn!
A great opportunity exists for an enthusiastic and committed individual to complete a traineeship within
our practice.
The traineeship includes on-the-job training and mentoring whilst being paid to study a Certificate III in
Dental Assisting qualification.
For more details, check out our Facebook page or call into the careers office and see Kerrie.
Applications close Wednesday 30 August 2017