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NUMURKAH

SECONDARY COLLEGE Email: [email protected] www.numurkahsc.vic.edu.au Phone: 58621088 Facebook: Numurkah Secondary College

Not for one—but for all

26th March 2021

Issue 3 2021 - March

In this issue: Principal’s Report Middle School Drama VET Hospitality Excursions

Dates to Remember Senior Sport Day Wizard of Oz Field Trips

Senior Sports Day Marruna Scholarship Food Festival/Harmony Week

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents and Friends, It’s been a busy couple of weeks of learning and teaching at Numurkah Secondary College as we head towards the last weeks of term one. On Tuesday afternoon our Student Performance and Achievement Reports became live for parents to view. These important reports communicate to us how students are travelling in relation to – working and communicating with others, productive use of class time, managing personal learning and their effort and attitude within all subject areas. We look forward to talking to parents more about student progress when we meet for parent teacher interviews in Term Two.

As we head into the final week of our first term it’s important for us to remember that everyday

counts!

Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child’s education. Students

learn new things at school every day. Attending and participating in school will help your child

develop:

important skills and knowledge to help them learn social and emotional skills such as good

communication, resilience and team work.

students who attend school every day and complete year 12 have:

better health

better job opportunities

higher income across their lives.

There is no safe number of days for missing school. Each day a student misses puts them behind.

What to do if your child can’t go to school

Please let the college know as soon as possible and explain why you child can’t come to school.

Please come and talk to us if your child needs to take an extended period of time off, we will

happy to support you to your child from falling behind if they need to miss school.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.numurkahsc.vic.edu.au/


Tips to help improve your child’s attendance

Talk to your child about school and how important it is.

Encourage your child to take on hobbies that your child enjoys such as sports and clubs. This

will help them develop positive relationships outside of the classrooms.

Have a set time to do homework and go to bed.

Leave all technology out of their bedroom

Encourage students to pack their school bag the night before with everything they need

Have a set time for breakfast

Encourage your child to meet up with a friend so they can travel to school together.

Everyday counts!

We look forward to distributing awards for great attendance this term at next week’s Year Level

Leader Meetings. Thank you for your support to get all of kids to school every day.

Kind regards,

Claire Kelly

Principal

Follow the Numurkah Secondary College Facebook page for photos of our students attending

excursions, updates, and fun activities at NSC.

Are you wanting to access back copies of NSC newsletters? Go to the NSC website

(numurkahsc.vic.edu.au) and under the ‘About Us’ tab your will find access to previous

editions of the newsletter.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Roger Jones (President), Kathleen Newby (Vice President),

Claire Kelly (Executive Officer), Deanne Dewar, Jacqui Martin, Peter Smyth, Chris Deitch, Kathleen Newby, Cate Eddy, Peta Russo , Angela Joy, Kelly Bloomfield, Kate Kelly, Charlotte Brown, Dylan Craven and Jazmin Britt

Next meeting: Meeting 4th May.

SCHOOL COUNCIL

APRIL 1 Last day of Term 1 19 First day of Term 2 25 Anzac Day

MAY 10-13 NAPLAN

DATES TO REMEMBER




Students are working hard to create props that symbolise the mood of their chosen plays to research. Some plays they are investigating are The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz and The Labyrinth.

Mi d d l e

S c h o o l

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Top Gun Award –

20/20Perfect Score!

Senior Sports Day 2021. The students at Clay Target had a great day, with Blake Newbery taking out the “Top Gun” award, shooting a perfect score of 20 out of 20 – Congratulations Blake

NSC also brought home the golden pin on the day too




Congratulations to Sis Coles, one of twenty Victorian government school students who received a

Marrung Scholarship to support her education as part of the Marrung Education Scholarship

Awards.

The awards recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander students with high potential to succeed

in their chosen career paths. Selection is also

based on academic results and involvement with

the Koorie community, with recipients decided

by a panel comprising representatives from the

Department and the Victorian Aboriginal

Education Association Incorporated (VAEAI).

Minister for Education James Merlino, together

with Geraldine Atkinson.

Sis was presented with certificates in recognition

of her scholarship at a ceremony in Melbourne

last Tuesday. She believes completing year 12 is

important as it will allow her to get the most out

of her education and give her more opportunities

for a better future VCAL and her engineering VET

studies will help her achieve her career goals. Sis

is interested in engineering and electrical work as

a future career path. Sis is a leader in her classes

and builds strong relationships with her peers. She

consistently demonstrates leadership skills,

digging in and helping others and is a productive

and valuable member of our school.

Congratulations Sis on your achievements and those

to come




Students have commenced SIT20416 Certificate II in Kitchen Operations onsite at Numurkah

Secondary College.

The course is run by hospitality trainer and

former chef Anna Corazza and is auspiced through nationally recognised TAFE provider William Angliss institute of TAFE.

Undertaking this course prepares students with

a range of food preparation and cookery skills to prepare food and menu items. Included units such as; preparing appetisers and salads, preparing stocks, soups and sauces, preparing vegetable, fruit and farinaceous dishes and preparing poultry dishes are just some of the units undertaken over a two year period.

Students will begin hospitality functions in term

2, which will give them experience in preparing, cooking and serving food to clients. This also helps students gain lifelong skills and helps them with obtaining part-time employment whilst doing an apprenticeship or further training.




Numurkah Secondary College 2021 Production….

Numurkah Secondary College is proud to be presenting “The Wizard of Oz” as their 2021 production. Rehearsals have commenced and the show will be nothing short of amazing when it takes to the stage in early Term 3

Over the next few newsletters, we will be meeting the students behind the characters…

Rahni Lawless as Dorothy

What’s your character? Dorothy

Do you like your character? Yeah I do because

it’s the main role and I’m really confident

playing in production.

Are you excited to play your character? Yes

but I’m not good at remembering my lines.

Are you excited to be planning the main character? Yes because I like being on stage.

Toby Brown as Toto

Do you like the role? Yes

Do you enjoy the Production? Yes

What made you want to do the production? To find new friends

Is that the role you wanted? Yes

How did you feel when you got the role? Excited and Proud

By Madison Lyons




Harmony Week Food

Celebrations

CAFE CULTURE FOOD FESTIVAL

Middle school café culture classes worked in groups to produce an array of food from around the world to serve to guests for recess on Tuesday 16th and Thursday 18th March as

part of harmony week celebrations.

Italy/Tiramisu - Charlee, Ebony, Taleisha

Turkish/Greek- Lamb Kofta with Greek Yogurt- Oliver, Jack T, Jordan

Japan/Gorza- Thalia, Jack, Diesel, Jake

America/Southern fried chicken- Jorga, Xavier, Zac, Courtney

Britain -Savannah, Courtney, Marissa

Mexico/Nachos- Ethan, Jesse, Corey, Mitchell

Australia-/Kangaroo sausages, Lemon Myrtle biscuits – Jack T and Oliver

The canteen also produced foods from around the world with both staff and students enjoying various foods

Monday- Butter Chicken/Indian

Tuesday- Tacos/Mexican

Wednesday- Burgers from around the world

Thursday- Spaghetti Bolognaise

Friday- China/Fried rice




Recently, students in VCE Psychology attended The

Melbourne Museum and ArtVo to gain a real world

understanding of the theoretical knowledge they are

learning in class. Through the Melbourne Museum

'Labyrinth of the Mind' exhibition's immersive

experiences, artworks, and historical psychiatric

objects, students were encouraged to think about the

workings of their own mind and the minds of

others. At ArtVo, the students were able to analyse

how visual perception principles are used in art.

Some students have shared their reflections with us

below.

On the years 11 and 12 Psychology excursion on the 19th March we adventured to Melbourne. We all woke up really early, we are still recovering. However, Janice pulled through with lots of snacks. We went to the Melbourne Museum for an exhibition on the brain and the mind. It was cool to see a real-life Ames room. It was also really interesting to see where they used to keep people with mental health problems in asylums. Later in the day we went to ArtVo. ArtVo is an optical illusion art gallery where you can interact with the art. It was heaps of fun! Year 11 Class

The dream chairs were a highlight at the Melbourne

Museum due to the immersive experience of high-risk

situations as well as calming influences. This tied in

with our learning about the Sympathetic and

Parasympathetic Nervous Systems. There was also an

old isolation cylinder from a psych ward that was

mind blowing. With the little amount of space inside,

it was hard to imagine a human being forced in there. -

Charlotte Brown




VCE Psychology Excursion cont….. Attending ARTVO was an exciting new way of

learning about the different types of visual

perception principles we have studied in class. The

pieces covering the walls of the gallery seemed like

normal paintings, but through the lens of a camera

is where they came to life. -Jalen Brown

At the Melbourne Museum, we learnt important facts

for our future area of study. This included learning

that our memory can actually be improved, despite

the stereotype that memory naturally decreases with

age. We explored how this can be achieved by playing

the screen memory game which investigates the

value of repetition and how using tricks/mnemonics

can improve our memory. -Tenille Kneebone

River Vearing and Tyson Hill battle the elements to get meals out to the elderly as part of the Meals on Wheels program.

Well done boys!




As part of a new initiative connecting schools to industry, our year 12 VCAL students were invited to visit Cobram Panel Works and Barooga Sports Club. Thank you to Mark who spent his valuable time speaking to students about the many different facets of the automotive industry, the varied jobs available and the changes that have come about due to technology. One of the students, Josh Govers really enjoyed “seeing what goes on behind the scenes and how easily a vehicle would be classified as a right off if the air bags had been deployed”.

Students enjoyed hearing from Anton about his own personal journey from beginning his working life as a Plumber and then deciding on a career change into the Entertainment Industry. Anton began at Barooga Sports Club as a bar man and worked his way up through managing various aspects of the club to CEO at the Barooga Golf Club, acting CEO at the Sports Club. He is now the Chief Operating officer. Students also enjoyed hearing about the history of the club and the affect that Covid had on the business.

Both employers spoke to students about their difficulties in finding employees and encouraged students to look to their businesses for School Based Apprenticeships, Structured Workplace Learning and work experience. They also have full time apprenticeships available.

Back at school I asked students if there were any industries in particular, they would like to visit. Maddy Koo-Aga commented that “it didn’t matter so much about the workplace we visit; it matters about the how enthusiastic the employer is and the opportunities they can offer us”.

Thank you to Mark from Cobram Panel Works and Anton from Barooga Sports Club for inviting our Year 12 students to visit their workplaces and for speaking with such enthusiasm and passion about their businesses.




Senior Studio Art students celebrated Harmony week with an amazing lesson with Fallon Harris. Fallon joined our class and had a lively discussion and then the class helped Fallon complete the work she begun during NAIDOC week last year.




HEADLICE There are many reasons

that Students itch their

heads – one of which can

be headlice. Please check

your child for this tiny

wingless insect and treat

appropriately (see your

local pharmacy for treatments). Also have a

conversation with your child about not

sharing such things as hats with other. For

more information please refer to the

Department of Education and Training

recommended site:

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.

au/health/conditionsandtreatments/head-

lice-nits



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