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Not for one—but for all

December, 6 2019

Issue 2019—18

In this issue: Principal’s Report

Dates to Remember

Object Based Learning

YOLO Day Activities

Textiles and Mixed Media Report

Community Notices

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents and Friends,

On Friday the 22nd of November, the College

Community celebrated the 2019 Valedictory Dinner

– our last significant school event for our 2019 Year

12 Students.

The night was a beautiful celebration for our senior

students and their families – and gave us the

opportunity to farewell these amazing young men

and women as they move into the next stage of

their lives … I shared the following sentiments with

the guests …

It fills me with a great deal of pride to be standing here and speaking to you all on behalf of all those

who have cared for our fabulous Year 12 students throughout their time at NSC.

Tonight’s valedictory is a celebration of our Year 12 students - a chance to reflect on the past six years

and a chance to look towards the future. Graduating from Year 12, having completed your VCE or

VCAL is a brilliant achievement – congratulations and well done!

In time, we trust you will look back upon your time at Numurkah Secondary College with pride and

satisfaction regarding the friends you have made, the battles you have both won and lost, the experiences

you have enjoyed and the most important success you have achieved. For some of you, success in the

coming months may be measured by qualifying for university, getting into the TAFE course you have

applied for, gaining paid employment or even embarking on some form of travel. Regardless of what

your endeavours may be, the future is yours to take advantage of, to make a difference and to seize the

great opportunities which are yours for the taking.

For us, as your NSC champions, your teachers and your supporters;

success is about you making a valuable contribution and having a wonderful life,

success is about you finding fulfillment and happiness,

success is about you being surrounded by loving family and friends,

success is about you feeling satisfied with your career pathway, but more importantly feeling proud

of how you serve others,

success is about you achieving a goal that you know you have set and worked on and accomplished,

success is about you standing back and being proud of what you have accomplished as a student at

Numurkah Secondary College.

Our wish for you as you embark on adventures far and wide is that you – have no regrets and that you

strive to make a positive difference in the lives of all those you meet.

Cont.

Committee Members

Roger Jones (President), Damien Hipwell (Vice President), Craig Burdon (Executive Officer), Jacqui Martin, Peter Smyth, Christine Sigley, Kathleen Newby, David Cook, Andrea Holmes, Rebecca Newbery and Kate Kelly.

Next Meeting 9th December 2019

SCHOOL COUNCIL DATES TO REMEMBER

December

9 School Council meeting

10 Orientation Day

Science Incursion—Uni of Melbourne

Year 8 Anglesea Camp (10th—13th )

11 Year 10 Urban Camp (11th—13th)

16 2019 Awards Evening 7pm

Summer Programme commences

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You, our fabulous Year 12s, have strengths and gifts beyond your imagination - we are truly confident

that all of you will make a magical difference in our world. We urge you to continue to learn and grow

into the successful and compassionate young people we know you as. You are our future! Whilst on your

journey to brilliance - remember to take care of each other. It takes courage to grow up and become the

person you really are. We hope your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your

hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known

Never forget, you are NSC people. The best people. Work hard. Be kind. Share your sparkle wherever you

go!

Have a great week!

Kind regards,

Claire Kelly Principal At Numurkah Secondary College, we recognise our role, in partnership with parents and the community, in assisting our

young men and women to develop the College core values of Respect, Excellence, Aspirations and Pride – and to REAP

the rewards of quality education!

Object Based Learning—University of Melbourne The Year 8 students who were interested in exploring Ancient Civilisations further were offered another Melbourne visit to the OBL labs at the University of Melbourne. Students explored Nefertiti’s tomb with VR goggles, looking for different gods and goddesses painted on the walls in the tomb. During a tour of the new OBL Vet Science lab, students were shown various bones and cross sections of animals. The afternoon activity had students work in teams to classify objects they found in their archaeological dig; recording, classifying and reconstructing objects they had found. Students were then encouraged to form conclusions about what the objects found on their site said about people who had lived there in ancient times.

Fiona Carruthers, Humanities KLA

The excursion to Melbourne was a great experience. We learnt lots of new

thing to do with ancient Egypt, Greek pots, tombs and ancient goddesses/

gods. All of this happened in a museum lab at the University of Melbourne.

We also looked at a new zoology study room that was full of preserved

animal body parts such as bones, hearts, skeletons, mummified animals and

much more. We also did object based learning activities including holding

pots that are centuries old, designing our own sarcophagus lids, painting our

own masks, writing on papyrus paper and designing our own Greek pots.

We were very grateful for the opportunity to do the object based learning

excursion and we are looking forward for the chance to go next year. - Savannah and Caitlyn

Our Year 7 students under the guidance of Peter Kam and Jessica Edwards also headed off on

20th November and below is some of the feedback we received from them.

On our trip to the University of Melbourne we learned new information about Ancient Egypt and humanities in the form of object based learning. First we were given a brief introduction to the University then we went through to the history museum to learn more about Ancient Egypt and specifically Ancient tombs and pottery. We learned about the age and purpose of the pots in the tomb, along with understanding what Egyptian gods were on the walls. We then learned about how the ancient Egyptian culture evolved, while looking at some replicas and real ancient pottery. As an extra we went to the zoology labs to look at animal biology. Then we went to a workshop to do fun art activities to do with Ancient Egypt. We then concluded our trip to the University of Melbourne. By Devlin Duncan, Caitrin Harrison, Hannah Grigg

In Melbourne on the 20th of November we learned about Ancient Egypt for the

whole day at The University of Melbourne for object based learning. I saw a

picture of a girl naked and we saw a video clip about King Tutankhamun and

where they lived. I held a vase from the ancient times. I really enjoyed it,

it was really good. By Jorga Wakefield

YOLO Day On Friday 29th November we held our annual YOLO day

event. Our theme this year was “Brilliant and Resilient” and

our activities centred around challenging students to step

outside of their comfort zone to try new things and

overcome obstacles, in order to build resilience.

We all heard from guest speaker Warren Davies from “Love

me, Love you” about different challenges that he had

faced in his life, and he gave great advice to everyone

about how to manage difficult times and mental health

issues that we may face in our lives.

Each year level group then participated in a range of fun activities led by staff

and outside agencies such as: Sports aerobics, The amazing race, Art Therapy,

Sport, Cookery and Dance. Groups learned more about the “Love me, Love

you” program, mental health, drugs & alcohol awareness, and taking care of

yourself, through some workshop sessions.

Mrs Corazza’s cooking group prepared a lovely healthy

lunch of fruit and muffins, which was gratefully received

by all.

Our final guest speaker of the day was Mrs Kim O’Keefe, former Mayor of Shepparton,

who also shared personal stories of resilience as well as advice on the importance of

being positive and never giving up.

YOLO stands for “You only live once”…. but perhaps what we should say is: “We only die once, we live

everyday”.

We encourage everyone to take every opportunity that

comes your way to develop personal skills, qualities and

positive mental health. Obstacles will come along, but if we

approach them with determination and the support of those

around us, we can overcome these and be successful in

whatever we choose to do in our lives.

Student feedback –

“It was fun and enjoyable. I learned new things and my favourite session was the drugs and alcohol awareness.” Payge Seymour

“The food was good! Ms O’Keeffe’s sports aerobics class was absolutely amazing!” Trinity Watson

“I liked the drugs and alcohol awareness workshop and the Love me, love you workshop.”

Corey Spokes

“The escape room was great, Miss Edwards set it up really well.” Felicity Tickell

“I really enjoyed the game in sport that we played. The sports aerobics was really good but I couldn’t move for two days. The Taking care of yourself workshop was really informative. The Amazing Race was amazing and I would love to do that again.” Harry Mayberry

“I really liked the healthy food at lunch time and the guest speakers.” Year 7 student

“The students were extremely engaged in the activities and had a lot of fun.” Mr Nichols

“Miss Edward’s escape room was amazing, and the sports aerobics was great! I had a really enjoyable time.” Ms Price

Textiles Report

Year 8 students this semester have been experimenting with Batik fabric techniques and

incorporated this into their pillowcase or boxer shorts project. From general patterns to

names and even a cow were managed using this technique. Students are currently

working on learning some basic soft toy making skills through a softie task.

Students in Mixed media have been working towards designing and constructing a bag/

container for a specific purpose of their choice which has to use at least two different materials.

Items they have constructed include a leather wallets with metal components, a storage

container for crochet wool and tools, a makeup bag with acrylic mirror insert, a cane and raffia

handbag, timber and fabric handbag, a feather and fabric purse and a Sinterklass sack which

will make use of metal eyelets for a cord to run through. Lots of challenging learning happening

in these tasks.

Claire Reid, Textiles Teacher

Community Notices

NSC Facebook Page You may have noticed this little chap if you follow us on the Numurkah Secondary College Facebook page. Let us introduce Elfie to you. He has been very busy and today he was involved in a meeting with students helping to plan subjects for next year and at lunch time he helped the 2020 Year 12 students with a fundraiser. All this week he has been busy with events happening at NSC.

WELLBEING

At this time of year many young people experience

issues with their mental health due to factors such as

exam stresses.

We encourage all parents, carers and families to be

vigilant with their children, and enable them to seek

support if needed.

Over the next few newsletters we will be including

useful fact sheets which provide information on signs

to look out for and how to best support someone

experiencing issues with their mental health.

Miss Cassandra Willis, Leading teacher

(student wellbeing & engagement)