HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

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Mock Interviews

HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

2018

Term 4

OCTOBER

Wednesday 31st October—Friday 2nd November

Grade 3/4 Camp

NOVEMBER

Monday 5th November Pupil Free Day

(Year 12 Exams continue as normal)

Tuesday 6th November

Melbourne Cup Day

Thursday 15th November Year 12 Graduation Night

Wednesday 21st—Friday

23rd November Year 5/6 Camp

Friday 30th November Year 11 Last Day

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

Mali Horman was interviewed by Skillinvest employees, Kate and Simone for our

annual mock interviews today. Thanks to Skillinvest for providing this wonderful

opportunity for the students to ‘practice’ the interviewing process.

Principal’s Report

Exams Commenced The Year 12 exams started yesterday with the traditional English exam. There were a few nervous stu-dents waiting outside the exam room at 8-50am yesterday but all settled down quickly and worked well during the allotted time. We had more exams today and then at least one each day for the next few weeks. We all wish the Year 12s all the very best for their exams and hope they can show that they have mas-tered the work and achieved at the very highest level possible. It’s an opportunity for each to shine and excel above their expectations. Note the school will be open and exams will continue as usual on Monday (5th November) despite it being a pupil-free day. The office will be open, exam supervisors and teachers in attendance. Parents Club Dinner and AGM

The Hopetoun P-12 Parents Club held its dinner and Annual General Meeting last week. The dinner fol-lowed the Hopetoun tradition of students catering. It was a superb meal prepared by the Year 8-9 Food Technology elective team. They prepared, cooked and served the meal to the eager diners. The stu-dents were ably supervised and assisted by our resident chef, Courtney Jones. Mrs Jones worked with the students to plan the menu as well as cook and serve. The students were also required to clean-up and wash the dishes however a wonderful helper in the kitchen, Faye Cook, had most of the clean-up in hand which gave the students an earlier night than anticipated.

The seventeen eager parents and friends enjoyed the meal and had a pleasant social evening. Inter-spersed with the meal was the annual meeting as well as a general meeting. The new office bearers were appointed at the AGM. Congratulations to Rexanne Marshman (president) and Donna Horman (secretary) on their two-year appointments and to Suzi Hallam (treasurer) who has another year in the position. The executive positions are based on a two-year cycle.

Rexanne and Donna have taken over from outgoing executive members, Janine Brown (President) and Jo Petschel (Secretary). Janine and Jo have overseen a raft of changes to the structure and work of the Parents Club. Meetings have been reduced, fund raising more strategic and support for school pro-grams and activities have become progressive and aligned with School Council and school improvement initiatives. The Parents Club has achieved considerable improvements across the College under their leadership. On behalf of the students (who benefit most from Parents Club initiatives), staff, parents and the broader community I thank Janine and Jo and the entire Parents Club.

School assembly

One of the roles of school captains is to lead the weekly school assembly. Shiane and Kiana admitted they were a touch nervous on Tuesday when they ran their first assembly. They quickly slipped into routine, however, and ran a smooth and brisk assembly. Well done, Shiane and Kiana on a good start to your time out the front.

We have quite a few different events coming up over the next few weeks. After the long weekend for students (Monday pupil-free and Tuesday school council holiday for Melbourne Cup), we have Youth First Aid (Years 7-9) a session on building resilience (Years 5-11), a series of end-of-year tests, literacy coaching, the Year 12 Valedictory dinner, an information session for Years 7-11 on “headspace”, Years 5-6 camp … and on the list goes as we close in towards December.

Mr Graeme Holmes

Principal

IIMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER:

Monday December 17th Grade 6 Graduation

Tuesday December 18th P-6 Christmas Party

Awards night

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

Weekly Student Award

Well done to the following students for receiving

Students of the Week

. GNURAD GUNDIDJ

STUDENTS COMMUNITY LEARNING PROJECT

Check out Hopetoun P-12 College Facebook

page

Homework Club

Thursday after school from

3-20pm until 4-00pm

Prep-Year 6

(No Primary Homework Club next week - 1st November due to Camp)

Year 7 –12

OPTIONAL UNISEX WINTER JACKET

Available to order at

HIP POCKET

HORSHAM

Ph.: 53827711

All other School

Uniform items can be ordered from

Kayes Kollection.

An order form can be obtained from the office.

Kybe Bellinger

For always being responsible for his own learning. Even when away, Kybe makes

sure he is up to date and pre-pared for the next lesson.

Great job Kybe, keep up the hard work.

Year 8 & 9 Food Technology Students

For displaying the school val-ues, respect, responsibility

and teamwork while assisting with the catering of the Parents Club dinner. Excellent work, your

contribution was appreciated.

Jazmyn Hinckley

For showing respect to-wards her classmates and teachers. Jazmyn always uses her manners and is very inclusive of others

when playing.

Well done Jazmyn

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

Parent’s Club Awards Night Raffle

Our last fundraiser for the year has been put together and we would like people to sell tickets for the hamper up the street prior to Awards Night. If you feel you can help us out with this, please indicate the day/s & time/s you are available on the calendar below and return to the school office ASAP.

Thank you. Parent’s Club

NAME:________________________ PHONE:_______________

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Congratulations to our Prep to Year 3 students who received their Certificate of Achievement for participating in the 2018 Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge.

Wednesday Sport Tennis

Fixture & Results

Ladder

Vantage Automotive Pty Ltd is a major provider of Govern-ment funded vocational learning and outsourced services to major vehicle manufacturers and employers with an exten-sive client list across Australia. Applications are now being sought from students that are interested in a career within the automotive industry as an Automotive Technician, Parts Interpreter or Body Repair Technician.

Both male and female candidates from all over Australia are invited to apply for the Automotive Modern Apprenticeship Program and, if selected, will be offered full time employ-ment at an employer close to their home and flown to Syd-ney (if required) for training. This is a funded Program with minimal cost to the student.

Positions are already available for the 2019 academic year so please ensure your students apply quickly to enhance their chance of a full time position.

Attached to this email you will find our brochure advertising the Program and specialisms that Vantage Automotive have on offer. If you have students with a keen interest in any of these areas, please discuss the Program with them and if you require any further advice or wish to gain a better un-derstanding of what Vantage Automotive has to offer please visit www.vantageautomotive.com or contact us via email or on the phone number below.

If your students are interested in joining one of our Auto-

motive Apprenticeship Programs, the application process would be to carefully look at the manufacturers and employ-ers listed on our website www.vantageautomotive.com un-der the ‘Apply Now’ area, remembering that the Apprentice-ship Program leads to full time employment, and choose

which Apprenticeship they wish to apply for.

Once your student is happy with their selection, they are then required to fill out the application form online and attach their current resume with a cover letter, they will also be required to follow the steps and complete a short online assessment.

Employers who have a vacancy within their chosen specialism will then receive the application and may be in contact to invite them in for an interview.

The Recruitment Team

Vantage Automotive Pty Ltd

Vantage Automotive Pty Ltd Centre of Excellence 32 Birnie Avenue, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141

Postal Address: Vantage Automotive Pty Ltd PO Box 63, Sydney Markets, NSW, 2129

Tel: 02 8014 8990 | Fax: 02 8014 8980 RTO ID: 91034 E-mail: reception@vantageautomotive.com

Web: www.vantageautomotive.com

Cassie’s Swim School

Swimming lessons will be offered for Parent/Child and Swim School classes in

both Hopetoun and Rainbow

during January 2019.

1 x 7 day program:

Wed 2nd – Tuesday 8th Jan

Please contact Cassie via Facebook or

text or call on 0428 833 265.

Please contact James Magee on 0429954042 if they are interested or respond on our

Hopetoun Table Tennis Facebook page.

School magazine cover competition

Be creative and

come up with an

unique magazine cover

design

A4 in size

All entries to

Miss Papadakis by

Friday November

23rd

Prize to be announced

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

YARRIAMBIACK HAS TALENT 2018 ENTRY FORM

Theme of Yarriambiack Has Talent 2018- “This is Me”.

All entries must reflect the theme. Judges decisions will be final and no correspondence entered in to. **Images will become the property of the Yarriambiack Shire Council and may be used for future publications. Entries can be retrieved any time after the event. AGE GROUP: Must be aged between 12 and 25 years during 2018. Prizes are 1

st-$150, 2

nd-$100 3

rd-

$50 in Each Category.

As the event is expanding, entries can come from outside the Yarriambiack Shire, but prizes awarded must be spent within the Yarriambiack Shire Boundaries.

1. Photography Images need to be emailed to mmckenzie@yarriambiack.vic.gov.au or placed on a memory stick clearly labelled and dropped into Yarriambiack Shire Council Offices at 34 Lyle St Warracknabeal, before 4.30pm on November 23rd

Entries will not be accepted after this time, unless prior arrangement to collect them has been made. Murray is contactable on 0407585097.

2. Drawings, Sketches and Paintings must be done on A4 OR A3 paper, Board or a Canvas.

NAMES AND CONTACTS (IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ONLY) Full name, age (day, month, and year), gender and full address including phone and e-mail (in English) must be on the back of the painting, NOT on the front of the painting, although you may sign your artwork.

ELIGIBILITY (a) Drawings, Sketches and Paintings that show a particular per-son, an organization or a brand name will not be accepted.(b) Drawings, Sketches and Paintings should be received at the Yarriambiack Council Office at 34 Lyle St War-racknabeal before 4.30pm on 23rd November 2018.

Musical Performances (including Singing and Dance) must submit a completed entry; indicating the category they are performing in. These entries must be received at Yarri-ambiack Shire Council Office at 34 Lyle St Warracknabeal before 4.30pm on 23

rd No-

vember 2018. Entries will not be accepted after this time. Any special requirement they may need for their act e.g. props must be arranged with the YHT Organising Committee at least 3 days before the event. Entrants must arrive one hour before confirmed perfor-mance time and book in with YHT Organising Committee.

Full Name______________________________________ Tick which Category(s) are being entered

Age D.O.B______________________________________ 1 Musical Performance o

Phone Number_________________________________ 2 Painting Drawing o

Email__________________________________________ 3 Photography o

Parents/Guardians Name

Signature

#clearly label any entry to categories 2 and 3 when submitting entry in at 34 Lyle

St Warracknabeal