HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

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Year Prep - 2 Horsham Excursion

HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

2019

Term 4

NOVEMBER

Friday 29th November Year 11-12 Step Up Year 9 -10 Exams

Last Day for Year 11’s

DECEMBER

Monday 2nd - Friday 6th Year 7 -10 Step Up

Friday 6th December Last day for Year 10

Monday 9th - Friday 13th

December Activities Week

Tuesday 10th December

State-wide Orientation Day

Friday 13th December Year 12 Results

Monday 16th December

Grade 6 Graduation

Tuesday 17th December P - 6 Primary Christmas

Party Awards Night

Wednesday 18th December

Last day for Students

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

Our Prep -2 students travelled to Horsham on Friday for an excursion. Activities included Kids Capers playground, Horsham Transfer Station and a RSL memorial tour. It was noted on numerous occasions how well behaved our students were.

Well done P - 2!

Principal’s Report

Exams & Step Up

This critical time of the year continues to evolve at school where we have exams followed by step up into the new year level. Our Year 11 students have completed their final exams and are now ‘stepping up’ into their new Year 12 subjects for 2020. We have Units 1 and 2 English, Further Maths, Studio Art, Physical Education, Business Management, Biology, Media, Health and Human Development and Accounting running for our 2020 Year 12 students. The current Year 11 students complete their 2019 schooling tomorrow and commence their holidays after the final bell.

Meanwhile, the Year 9 and 10 students commenced their end-of-year exams today with papers being set on Humanities and English with Maths, Science and Health exams taking place tomor-row. Next week (week 9) all of the current Year 7 to 10 students will step into their new classes for 2020. That means, the current Year 7s will follow the Year 8 timetable, Year 8 into 9 and so on. It is an important week where an overview of the curriculum for 2020 is provided, expectations are set and work commenced on next year’s program. Year 10 students conclude their school year on Friday 6th December.

End-of-Year

With step up for the Year 7-10s in week 9, we follow this with a week of activities (week 10) then the final week of the school year (week 11) brings our celebrations and Awards Night. The school year is closing in rapidly.

Week 10 (Activities Week) brings with it swimming for the P-6 students along with literacy/numeracy and Christmas-based activities. We also have state-wide orientation day on Tuesday 10th December. For Activities Week, the Year 7 to 9 students will be involved in subject-based ac-tivities as well as a trip to Horsham, some time for fishing, perhaps time at the lake and some stu-dent-led activities. The intent is to exemplify student voice to a greater extent this year by encour-aging some of our young leaders to take the initiative to develop some student-led activities to en-gage more of the Year 7-9 group.

Awards Night Rehearsal

This special event for Hopetoun P-12 College is rapidly approaching. It is scheduled for Tuesday 17th December, commencing at 7pm. All students are required at school on Tuesday morning for brief Year Level assemblies then walk to the hall for rehearsals. Year 10-12 students will be dis-missed from the hall after rehearsals conclude. Students in Years 7-9 can be dismissed from the Hall provided they have a note from their parents/carers. If they do not have a note then they must return to school. Years Prep to 6 are expected to return to school for the remainder of the day.

Planning for 2020

Preparation for 2020 continues to be a priority as we work to finish all of the requirements for 2019. We have just about completed our cash budget for next year and our Annual Implementa-tion Plan, which is a summary of our improvement strategies for next year, are well developed. We have some staffing vacancies to fill and we have texts and booklists well in hand. Our year will commence with an in-depth analysis of our achievements over the past four years followed by the development of our Strategic Plan for 2021-2024. Term one will be very busy developing our re-view followed by our formal review in term two, 2020.

Mr Graeme Holmes

Principal

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Awards Night

Tuesday

17th December

Doors open at 6.30pm

for a 7.00pm start

Memorial Hall

It is an expectation all students

attend.

Family and friends are

most welcome

Parents Club

Awards Night

Raffle

Raffle tickets are currently on sale at Wellingtons Butchers and Hopetoun

Newsagency.

Thank you for your support.

If you are able to sell tickets up the street, please contact

Goss 0408 008 018.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Raffle drawn at Awards Night ( 17/12/2019)

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

Weekly Student Awards

Well done to the following students for receiving

Students of the Week

Krystal Hakopa

For having an amazing result of 98% for

attendance this year. Well done Krystal, it’s

terrific to see you understand the importance of

attending school every day.

Jade Box

For having an amazing result of 98% for

attendance this year. Well done Jade, it’s terrific to see you understand the

importance of attending school every day.

Mia Isabirye

For having an amazing result of 98% for

attendance this year. Well done Mia, it’s terrific to see you understand the importance of

attending school every day.

Jason Box

For working hard and being responsible for his

own learning in math. Jason is transferring the strategies he is learning in Quicksmart into his

work and the results are beginning to show.

Well done Jason, your hard work is paying off!

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

Tracy Bound

Oh deer! Some very hungry animals, be careful I think they like to eat t-shirts Jaz.

Trying out for team Santa.

Girls come back from rock climbing is not part of our camp schedule. Oh I see you just want

to pose for another picture.

Ice cream in Halls Gap. Yummy

Emily, Alynah and Jazmyn take a rest at Venus Baths.

The Year 4 girls enjoyed their camp. We all had a wonderful time. A big thank you to Jacob for

playing Uno, putting up with our singing and making sure we washed our dishes properly.

Too hot to go anywhere let’s make a doll.

Year 3/4 Camp Lascelles

Alynah, Emily and Jazmyn

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

My Dream Job- Outdoor Ed Assistant

Description-

My dream job is to be an Outdoor Ed assistant. It involves preparing, conducting and reviewing outdoor activities for a school camp. Some of the activities that an outdoor Ed assistant might run will be abseiling, mountain bike riding, hik-ing, camping, rock climbing and a range of oth-er outdoor activities. However, before doing an activity, an assistant helps the children with any difficulties that they may face and help them overcome challenges. To work in outdoor edu-cation then you need to be determined and passionate about it.

Qualifications-

The qualifications that you will need will be:

Lifesaving certificate First Aid certificate- (wilderness/remote) and CPR certificate Working with children check Police check clearance Qualified in Outdoor reaction/education Either a Certificate 4, Diploma or a degree in Outdoor recreation Have experience in a range of different outdoor activities. E.g. canoeing, bushwalking, moun-tain biking, abseiling, climbing, kayaking, 4WD, surfing, high and low ropes courses. They also require to have training in different types of res-cues.

Roles/Duties-

Ensure that everyone taking part in the activity is safe and assist them if needed Assisting the activity leader Demonstrating the activity to ensure people have a clear understanding of what to do Keep people motivated Assist the activity leader to guide children Preparation of the activity and also reviewing the activity to see how it went

Study-

To become an Outdoor Education Assistant you can gain your Certificate IV in Outdoor Recreation. After you have your certificate, you will be required to have some experience in a variety of outdoor ed activities.

OHS-

Safety equipment- e.g. checking that helmets and harnesses are the correct sizes and are fitted properly Ensuring that the environment you are in is safe for everyone and checking before you start preparing the activity. Avoiding being exposed to UV damage Animals and insects Injuries and accidents Natural disasters

Krystal Hakopa

My Dream Job

My dream job would be a veterinarian. As a vet I would have to be able to help out by doing treat-ments treat the injuries and illnesses of pets and oth-er animals with a variety of medical equipment, in-cluding surgical tools and x-ray and ultrasound ma-chines.

Some of the qualifications I would need to do this would be a Bachelor’s degree in science-related are-as like zoology, molecular biology, chemistry, animal science and biochemistry. All round you would need a Doctor of Medicine degree, and also a medicine degree, for experience you need clinical practicum.

All up its when it comes to schooling its roughly about 6 or 7 years of schooling.

Some of the key skills be being a vet are obviously are a passion for working with animals, analytic problem-solving and communication skills, attention to detail and you need to be calm under pressure.

When it comes to getting paid, they have an average annual salary being around $99,000 a year. Some OHS issues are things like having animal-induced injuries. Another OHS thing is making sure every-thing is clean, so making sure all the tools are sani-tised and making sure all the animal shelters are sanitary and clean.

KATE WATTS

My Dream Job

My dream job is to be a grain and livestock farmer be-cause there are lots of different things that you have to do - there isn’t just one thing that has to be done. Being a farmer means that you are relying on the weather to make your money. There isn’t a qualification that you need to be a farmer, but it is helpful to have your Cert 4 in Ag because then you can have some prior knowledge and understanding on the crops and spays. It is helpful to have your AGVET chemical user’s certificate - this means that you can buy and use chemicals. It is also helpful if you have your forklift licence and your truck licence be-cause farmers use them lots. As a farmer, the jobs that have to be done can vary because of the time of year and the weather - during spring you are buying and selling sheep, during summer you are harvesting your crop and during winter you are sowing. So, there are always plenty of things that need to be done even when you’re not sowing, harvesting or selling sheep. You also have to go fencing, feed sheep, shear sheep and fix anything that is broken. Because farming is such a dangerous job you have to be careful and wear the correct protective equip-ment when working with chemicals. You also have to make sure that there are guards on everything that moves on the back of a tractor or auger.

HARRY MCLEAN

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

Year Prep - 2 Horsham Excursion