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Dear Parents and Friends,

GRADUATION BALL Tomorrow night, Friday, is the Graduation Ball for our Class of 2017 (Year 12). They have now finished their exams and they start the next stage of their life as either a student at a university (once their results come through), in the work force or if they are luck enough, they may be travelling. I would like to take this opportunity to wish them all the very best in whatever they end up doing and also wish them an enjoyable night at the Graduation Ball. To all the Class of 2017 please remember Kyabram P-12 College will always be there for you to assist in any way we can, so please don’t be afraid to ask.

2018 ENROLMENT At this time of the year we are working on the staffing and classes for 2018. As the effectiveness of the class structures depends heavily on knowing the exact number of children who will be at Kyabram P-12 College next year, it is important to advise us if any families will not be returning in 2018. I thank those families who have already notified me of this. If you have a Prep or Year 7 child commencing next year, or know a family that has, and has not yet completed an enrolment form it would be appreciated if this could be attended to immediately.

HATS - REMINDER As we are a Sunsmart school, in Term 4 we require all students to wear a bucket or broad-brimmed hat when they are outside. The school uniform policy requires all students to wear a blue bucket hat from a uniform supply shop, complete with the school logo. Thank you

BULLYING Bullying is repeated verbal, physical, social or psychological behaviour that is harmful and involves the misuse of power by an individual or group towards one or more persons. Cyberbullying refers to bullying through information and communication technologies. Bullying can involve humiliation, domination, intimidation, victimisation and all forms of harassment including that based on sex, race, disability, sexuality or transgender. Bullying of any form or for any reason can have long-term effects on those involved, including bystanders. Bullying can happen anywhere: at school, travelling to and from school, in sporting teams, between neighbours or in the workplace.

Respect Responsibility Resilience Doing Your Best Community

IMPORTANT DATES

NOVEMBER 24

Yr 7-12 Semester 2 ends

Yr 3/4 Food and Fibres Excursion

Yr 10 Study Skills & Career Conversations

27-8 Dec

VCE Flying Start

27-15 Dec Yr 7-9 Flying Start

30-1 Dec

Yr 9 Outdoor Ed Camp to Billabong Ranch

27-1 Dec Yr 3-6 Swimming Program

DECEMBER

1 HUG Dress Up Day - Whole

College

4-7 Yr 1-2 Swimming Program

7

Twilight Family Christmas Night

8 Yr 3/4 T20 Cricket in Moama

12 Orientation Day for 2018 Preps and

Yr 6 into Yr 7

18 Yr 5/6 and P-2 Breakup

19 Yr 3/4 Breakup at Aquamoves

College Awards Night

Please view Compass Calendar for further details

Term 4 Issue 20

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College Principal report continued ... Bullying behaviour can be:

verbal eg name calling, teasing, abuse, putdowns, sarcasm, insults, threats

physical eg hitting, punching, kicking, scratching, tripping, spitting

social eg ignoring, excluding, ostracising, alienating, making inappropriate gestures

psychological eg spreading rumours, dirty looks, hiding or damaging possessions, malicious SMS and email messages, inappropriate use of camera phones.

Conflict or fights between equals and single incidents are not defined as bullying. Bullying behaviour is not:

children not getting along well a situation of mutual conflict

single episodes of nastiness or random acts of aggression or intimidation. Every student has the right to feel secure, happy about themselves and to be comfortable at school. No one has the right to deny any student this right, and it is important that all students have a real awareness of the existence of harassment and what it constitutes, whether as a victim or as a perpetrator. Discussing this potentially destructive issue both at school and at home will benefit students, and the school community will be a safe haven for all. If you would like to visit some websites you can visit them at: http://bullyingnoway.gov.au/ http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Schools/Teacher%20resources/Lower%20secondary/Lets%20fight%20it%20together.aspx Should you have any queries or concerns regarding your sons or daughters please do not hesitate to contact the school.

ATTENDANCE When students have higher than acceptable absences it makes it very difficult for them to build a sound understanding of the subject material. As a consequence, they have gaps in their learning that really restrict their progress. The end result is that they struggle to come to grips with the concepts and become stressed. To put it in perspective, 80% attendance represents a day off per week for the entire school year, 40 days in total. Five years schooling at 80% attendance means a student would have missed a whole school year during this time; the impact on his/her education would be severe. Please encourage your child to attend school every day unless they are ill. With Flying Start commencing in the secondary part of our school next week it is an important time to do something about the attendance, if it is an issue, as this is an important start to the 2018 school year.

DATES FOR THE DIARY For those families who like to plan well ahead here are important dates for 2018.

Monday 29th January - PUPIL FREE (Staff professional development)

Tuesday 30th January - all students commence school

Friday 2nd

February – PUPIL FREE DAY (staff will be involved in professional development for the day) 2018 Preps will be at school for the three days of the first week of school and then have the following Wednesdays off: 7

th, 14

th, 21

st and 28

th February.

2018 SCHOOL TERM DATES Term 1: 29

th January (school teachers start) to 29

th March

Term 2: 16th April to 29

th June

Term 3: 16th July to 21

st September

Term 4: 10th October to 21

st December

Stuart Bott College Principal

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P-6 Principal Report Kate Whitford

CHRISTMAS FAMILY NIGHT Planning for our Christmas Family Night on Thursday, 7th December is well underway thanks to our hard working ‘Parents’ Club’. An information note has been sent home with your child regarding the collection of items to fill classroom hampers. These hampers are auctioned on the night, which is always lots of fun. I hope to see you all there.

ORIENTATION DAY The Statewide Orientation Day will take place on Tuesday 12

th December. On this day all students move up to the

next year level for the morning to experience what life might be like at school in 2018.

YEAR 6 FLYING START As part of our Transition program our year 6 students will participate in the Flying Start program at the Secondary Campus on Tuesday 12

th, Wednesday 13

th and Thursday 14

th December. This is an opportunity for students to

familiarise themselves with life at secondary school.

YEAR 3-6 SWIMMING Good Luck to our year 3-6 students who take part in their swimming program next week. I hope the weather is perfect for you. Thank you to the staff for your organisation and parents for your support of this worthwhile program.

VOLUNTEERS’ MORNING TEA We are extremely fortunate to have such a supportive community that is willing to help out in so many ways. We will be holding a ‘Volunteers’ Morning Tea’ on Friday 15

th December in the library at 11:00am. If you have assisted in

any way this year we would love you to join the staff to celebrate another very successful year.

END OF YEAR ARRANGEMENTS Students will be dismissed at 1:30pm on Thursday 21

st December. Friday the 22

nd will be a pupil free day.

GOOD LUCK NOAH On behalf of the school community I would like to wish Noah Hangan-O’Brien good luck as he travels to Adelaide to compete in the Australian Primary School Athletics Competition during the first week of December.

Awards

Congratulations to the award winners from last week .

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Prep News The preps had a fabulous time at Infinity Health Club last week participating in the Swim and Survive program. A big thanks to all the helpers who made the week such a success. It was amazing to see the progress made over the course of the week.

Persuasive Writing from 2 BP I believe that dogs make better pets than cats. Firstly, dogs can be more playful than cats. Secondly, dogs can be taken for walks. Thirdly, dogs can be joined in games. Lastly, dogs can be trained as guard dogs. Dogs are the best! By Joshua M I believe that dogs are better than cats. Firstly, dogs are great company. Secondly, my dad is allergic to cats but not dogs. Thirdly, my dogs bark if someone comes to our house. Lastly, dogs can play fetch and other games. I think dogs are better than cats! By Jenna I believe that rabbits are better than cats. Firstly, they are more playful and funny. Secondly, rabbits are fun to play with. Thirdly, rabbits have soft and fluffy fur which is nice to cuddle. I think rabbits are better than cats! By Vicky I believe that puppies are better than kittens. Firstly, puppies are more playful than kittens because puppies will fetch the ball and cats just sit there. Secondly, my sister is allergic to kittens but not to puppies and dogs. Thirdly, dogs lick you on the face and it’s like they are giving you a kiss but kittens do not. By Mia I believe that dogs are better than cats, firstly, because they are very playful and can scare away people that want your stuff. Secondly, dogs can be trained to be guard dogs, sniffer dogs and rescue dogs. Lastly they can fetch balls. Dogs are ...AWESOME. I believe that dogs are better than fish. Firstly, you can not give fish a cuddle but dogs you can cuddle. Secondly, dogs can be playful. Lastly, dogs can be very friendly and do tricks. I think dogs rule. By Kiara

Year 3/4 News Our four Learning Tasks for the year are completed! Please look on Compass for comments and results for your child.

Bee Keeper Visit Harold and Liz Major came and told us what they know about bees and how they manage their beehives. They also showed us how honey can be harvested and extracted from a ‘frame’ from a hive. We all got to taste some of the honey if we wanted to. The honey was delicious! Thank you, Harold and Liz!

T20 Cricket Unfortunately T20 Cricket was cancelled last Thursday due to the weather (it was great to get some rain though!). The new proposed date for the event will be Friday the 8

th of December. This will be confirmed ASAP.

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Year 3/4 News continued ...

The Strawberry Pick and Fonterra Excursion On Friday this week, we are looking forward to our excursion to these places to learn more about how our food gets from farm to plate and the technology used to get it there. Thank you to the parents who are giving up their time to make this experience the best possible.

Swimming Next week, week 8, the 3/4s and 5/6s have the opportunity to improve their swimming skills. Students will be grouped according to ability and their instructors will work hard to ensure that progress can be made. Please ensure that your child has their swimming gear on the days they have sessions. Everyone should have a short-sleeved rash vest or t-shirt as well, to avoid sunburn.

Inquiry Project Students in 3/4 are starting a Food Inquiry Task that involves finding out where in Australia this food is grown, the climate that best suits it, understanding the growth process, knowing what is involved in caring for and producing it, what technology helps with the production and how this food gets from farm to fork. Once the information is gathered, students will choose how they present their information, remembering VCOP, creativity, neatness, being detailed, effective use of time and being organised.

Year 5/6 News The Grade 5/6’s were very lucky to attend the T20 Big Blast Cricket on Friday. Approximately 50 girls and boys competed in a round robin of limited over games at Jack Eddy Oval in Moama. Our A grade boys team completed in the final for 3

rd and 4

th place. Thanks to Mr Holloway for

organising the day and to Liam Nedeljkovich, Mr Ross and Mr Wegmann for supporting the students. Thank you to Mrs Hall who provide moral support for the girls. Next Monday, 5/6 students start a 4-day swimming program. It is an essential skill for all students to learn about water safety and survival techniques. Please make sure that you have completed the permission form and returned it to school ASAP. If you are able to help by walking students to the pool on any of the days, please contact your classroom teacher. Market Place is up and running again this year, and the students have been developing their business through marketing, buying and selling of produce to make profit. They are beginning to understand that money does not grow on trees and you cannot always buy what you want straight away. Some are still trying to balance their books to ensure they have money to buy new stock. Our first whole school transition session was on Wednesday, just for an hour. It is a short introductory session so that students and staff can start to build relationships. These classes are just a draft for 2018 and most likely, there will be changes. 5/6 B had the expertise of Trevor Mellington, AFL Development Manager during their PE lesson this week. He ran a session on AFL 9s which the students had been working on for the previous two weeks. All students got involved and enjoyed playing.

Scholastic Book Club Cheryl and Anna

The final Book Club catalogue for the year will be distributed this week. Orders need to be returned to the office by Friday, 1st December, NO LATE ORDERS PLEASE.. This ensures prompt delivery. If ordering for a Christmas or Birthday present please note this on top of your order and it will be left at the office for collection. Many thanks for your support during the year, Scholastic supports your child with great books and supports our school with great rewards.

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Why and How to Learn Music at our School. Sue Meeking

Playing a musical instrument can be fun but it can also open doors to employment and social life. And as a bonus research tells us that students learn many skills to enhance their other school subjects, while taking music lessons and practising the instrument. Here’s a list of the advantages of sticking to learning an instrument: improves memory; teaches patience and the value of persistence; the sense of achievement; builds confidence; fosters creativity; playing relieves stress; and develops self-discipline. If primary parents are interested in offering lessons to their children a notice regarding the opportunities our school has available will come home during December. Some lessons are free to allow students to try out. Others incur a very reasonable fee. The detailed note will be given to all grade 1 -5 students in preparation for 2018.

Bush Market 2017 Sue Meeking

A great experience for Kyabram music students! On Friday our school supported the Chamber of Commerce in their Bush Market venture. The sun shone and the atmosphere was cheery. Our students entertained with varied instruments including recorder, violin, drums, voice and guitar. The Primary Singers performed to a large crowd and it was exciting to see some secondary soloists impress the shoppers who have sent positive feedback to the school. The community were very supportive of our beginner performers who demonstrated their progress to the passing audience. The Pulse Radio students also kept the east end shoppers entertained which was a great use of the students’ talents, recently developed in the Pulse Radio class. Many thanks to Andrew Moore, Kim Morrison and Bodhi Hawken for their co-ordination and technical work.

7-12 Principal Report Danny Walsh

WHO TO CONTACT For 2017, we have a number of new year level coordinators and assistants. These staff begin in their new role as of Monday 27

th November at the beginning of flying start.

Learning Community Leader Years 7/8 – Mrs Vivienne Thomas Year 7 Coordinator – Mrs Leonie Harding and Ms Renee Howell Year 8 Coordinator –Mrs Kerry Gannon and Ms Caitlin Powell Year 9 Coordinator – Mr Jamie Harding and Mrs Fiona Wallace Learning Community Leader Years 10-12 – Mrs Louise Mellington Year 10 Coordinator – Mr Lionel Curling and Ms Deb Greenham Year 11 Coordinator – Ms Sonia Layton and Mr Mark Ogden Year 12 Coordinator – Ms Angela Heale If you have any questions or queries throughout the year, please do not hesitate to contact any of the above staff or myself at the College.

FLYING START Next Friday 8

th December, our Year 11 and 12 students for 2018 will finish their Flying Start program. Students are

finding their classes very beneficial and that it’s giving them a real insight of the expectations and what’s required to succeed in Senior years. Other students in Years 8, 9 and 10 have another week and finish their Flying Start on Friday 15

th December. We will be running an alternative timetable for students in the final week until school finishes

for the year on Thursday 21st December.

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7-12 Principal Report continued….

LEARNING CURVE NEWSLETTER ARTICLE Each week I will be including a parent newsletter article from the Learning Curve which is in line with the Secondary student planner. I hope you find these articles valuable.

EMOTIONAL WELLBEING/BOOSTING WELLBEING The World Health Organisation predicts depression will be the world’s number health issue by 2030. One in four young people will experience emotional health issues. The adolescent mind is often a turbulent place, balancing the demands of family and friends, coping with pressures of school, dealing with puberty and living up to the expectations they have of themselves. Supporting teenagers to maintain a healthy emotional functioning level and not let their worries escalate into more serious emotional wellbeing issues is an ongoing challenge for all parents and teachers. Unfortunately in today’s society, we spend much of our time pulling teenagers out of the river after they have fallen in. A far more proactive approach is for us to walk upstream and stop them falling in the river in the first place. The time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining, not when it begins to rain. It is very difficult to initiate positive dialogue with students who are already suffering from emotional health issues. The goal is to empower students to build their sense of emotional wellbeing through using their signature strengths and growth mindsets. Every day they can add to their wellbeing banks by looking for what is right and having positive experiences. There are many organisations set up to support people who suffer from these issues. They do a wonderful job assisting people to regain their normal functioning levels. This week students will be investigating some of them to provide insights on emotional illness and the associated warning signs. Open and trusting communication lines between students, parents and teachers enable opportunities for proactive programs to be put in place to future proof their emotional wellbeing.

NAIDOC Week Award To celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people a special week called NAIDOC week is put aside in Australia each year. It was in July this year and a special colouring competition was offered to all young children. Every student from our Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 had the opportunity to complete a colour-in during school time which Mrs. Meeking sent to the judges in Sydney. We now have the exciting news that one of our year two students was a winner in that competition. Congratulations to Maddy for winning the NAIDOC Medal of Excellence, 1 of only 20 medals awarded across Victoria. Well done Maddy!

College News CANTEEN ROSTER

PRIMARY CAMPUS

NOVEMBER Mon 27 Anna Hooper Tue 28 Help Please Wed 29 Kim Hicks Thur 30 Jenni Turner

DECEMBER Fri 1 Help Please Mon 4 Megan Brennan Tue 5 Claire Perrella Wed 6 Help Please Thur 7 Amelia Kohn Fri 8 Help Please

SECONDARY CAMPUS

NOVEMBER 10:45am - 12pm 1pm - 2:15pm

Mon 27 Help Please Help Please Tue 28 Help Please Belinda West Wed 29 Carolynne Hubble Help Please Thur 30 Help Please Help Please

DECEMBER Fri 1 Help Please Linda Milzewski Mon 4 Help Please Help Please Tue 5 Natasha Doherty Wed 6 Help Please Help Please Thur 7 Help Please Help Please Fri 8 Kerrie Campbell Help Please Please note: The last day the secondary canteen will be open for the year is Friday 15

th

December.

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Nestlé Agricultural and Horticultural Centre at Kyabram P-12 College

Agricultural and Horticultural studies are alive and growing at Kyabram P-12 College. Staff and students have been working tirelessly on contributing to their very own specialised learning environment. Staff and students are very fortunate to have access to the wonderful Nestlé Sustainability Agriculture and Horticulture Centre that helps to provide meaningful hands on and theory based learning opportunities. Students have options from year 9 to select a science based elective, “Seeds to Market”, in year 10. Agriculture and Natural Resources and in VCE Agricultural and Horticultural Studies. In year 9 students are able to run their own agricultural or horticultural small businesses that operate for one term. These small businesses provide students with both planning and conducting skills, promote excellent communication skills and allow students to interact with members of the local community. Students businesses include: growing vegetables; raising chickens; using an aquaponics setup to grow both fish; and a variety of vegetables. The program is very rewarding and allows students to demonstrate key outcomes in record planning, record keeping of purchased goods and sales of products, creating a photo journal and advertising techniques. At year 10 students undertake a number of scientific investigations that allow them the opportunity to explore the effects of a range of variables on the growth and germination of pea plants. Students are able to work individually on this task, as there is plenty of space and, because of many successful harvests of student grown pea crops in the numerous garden beds, pea seeds are readily available. Students are also able to participate in the Cows Create Careers Program. This is a fantastic program and demonstrates to all students the numerous avenues for future employment within agricultural and horticultural industries. Students take ownership of the care and wellbeing of a number of calves over the period of a month. Aspects such as creating a well-formulated ration, animal and personal hygiene programs and consistent monitoring of animal weight gain are observed. All students are able to participate in the program with a weekly roster established so all students can share the workload. Kyabram P-12 College offers a VCE Agricultural and Horticultural program that allows students to complete large portions of theory and then be able to put their newly acquired knowledge into practice on a small scale within the vegetable gardens, trial plots or even to help formulate rations for animals. VCE students also have the opportunity to take part in a number of field trips to local farms. During these visits, students are able to interact with the landowners or managers and seek information regarding some of their studies. This year our VCE class was able to visit a local dairy farm to identify how to formulate a ration, visit a goat farm to discuss sustainability and animal health traits as compared to a dairy farm, as well as visiting an aquaponics facility to gain a greater understanding of how to best establish our own system. On Monday the 13

th of November, Kyabram P-12 College opened the doors to the Nestlé Agricultural and

Sustainability Centre to showcase to the local community all of the hard work students have been completing over the past 12 months. Representatives from Nestlé, local councillors, College principals, parents, students and a number of staff made the event a celebration to see how the centre has grown. Students from years 9-12 were able to take visitors on guided tours that really demonstrated to our guests the keen interest and connectedness students have with their own education within agriculture and horticulture. All visitors were overwhelmed with the development of the centre and very pleased with the commitment to education that both staff and students have shown. Students were able to explain to our guests that they were involved with all stages of the building of the Nestlé Agriculture and Sustainability Centre. During building stages, students were able to help determine positioning of garden beds, location of rainwater tanks, animal enclosures and have recently started to plan for our future aspirations both within the classroom and in the centre grounds. Some of these future aspirations include more infrastructure such as a Sproutwell hothouse, grass trial plots, a number of computers and a printer for the classroom and an overhead projector to help students complete their coursework within the one facility. It was evident that visitors were pleased to see that staff and students have been able to, and will continue to, recycle a number of items from around the school.

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Nestle Agricultural and Horticultural Centre continued…. At Kyabram P-12 College it is visible that the positive working relationships across domains is healthy. Science and Technology subjects have had some outstanding work completed by very skilful teachers, Mr Lionel Curling and Mr Peter Aitken who regularly assist with the developments within the Nestlé Agriculture and Sustainability Centre. Both teachers regularly contribute with welding or building tasks such as animal enclosures, aquaponics setups and even contributing to the design elements of garden beds and herb gardens. Matt McCready, the Agricultural Science teacher at Kyabram P-12 College said, “Students are able to demonstrate key outcomes through a variety of approaches thanks to the Nestlé Sustainability and Agriculture Centre and enthusiastic educators to guide the learning process”. A big focus of the Nestlé Agriculture and Sustainability Centre is to continue to build on strengthening positive relationships and promote an environment that is educationally first rate and everlasting.

Campaspe Cohuna LLEN VET in Schools Excellence Awards.

The annual CCLLEN VET Awards were held at the Moama Bowling Club on Tuesday evening, November 14

th 2017. Kyabram P-12 College were represented

by 6 finalists in 2 categories. Kane Sewell, Matthew Owen, Cooper Vick and Ben Turpin were nominated for their excellent work in the field of Building & Construction. Nicholas Baker and Tyler Thomson were nominated for their achievements in the area of Information Technology. The College congratulates all of these students on being finalists with a special mention to Nicholas Baker who won the category prize for Information Technology. Congratulations Nick!

Guess How Many Lollies

Parents’ Club are running a competition for “Guess How Many Lollies are in the Jar”. Winner will be announced at the Twilight Family Christmas Celebrations evening. It is 50c a guess and the jar will be at the Primary Office for anyone who would like a chance at winning a jar of lollies.

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Wellbeing Corner Barb Buckell & Bron Lolicato

Insights How independence-building is the pathway to your teen’s resilience by Michael Grose Parents and teachers often ask me how to build resilience in teens. To read more’……. Login kyabram.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au Password- 3619 Courses and resources to find at Parenting Ideas.

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COMMUNITY MATTERS

Child Minding In Your Home Over The School

Holidays Experienced nanny who worked in England, with police check and first aid certificate, has just completed her first year studying primary teaching and is available to mind children in your home for December and the end of January/February. Ring Ellie Hosking on 0458283706

2018 KNA TOURNAMENT REPRESENTATIVE TRYOUTS We invite all KNA players to come and tryout for a position in our representative teams with tryouts being held at the KNA courts on the following dates and times. Monday 27th November 2018 Thursday 30th November 2018 Monday 4th December 2018 Please note that all tryouts for 11 & under, 13 & under, 15 & under and 17 & under start at 6:30pm SHARP. You can pre register by emailing to kyabramnetball@gmail.com, your child’s name, date of birth, contact number and preferred positions. If you cannot pre register by email please arrive 15 minutes earlier. If you have any queries in relation to this please contact Jodi Rennie on 0402 759 007.

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