Term 1 Issue 1 – February 3rd, 2017

Principal: Ms Simone Roy Phone: 03 5754 4005 Email: mount.beauty.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.mbsc.vic.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome back to 2017! It was wonderful to see the students on Tuesday, enthusiastic and generally well prepared for the new school year. I am confident that every student will continue to try their best and rise to each challenge this year. The teachers have been working over the holidays preparing their classes and ensuring the coursework is engaging for the students and aligns to the new Victorian Curriculum and new VCE study designs.

2016 ended with Presentation Evening on Monday 12th. It was a wonderful celebration of our students’ achievements in both academic and non-academic areas. It was fantastic to see so many families in attendance and I would like to thank Le-Anne McCraw and Sue Tilley for all their hard work in organising the event. Thank you also to the generous support from the 55 community members and businesses that made a financial contribution to the evening. Too numerous to name each one here; names were printed in the program. The financial support provides the ability for such a large number of awards to be given to our students. I would also like to thank the Lions Club for providing the award for the Dux; and the Hollonds’ family for the 11 scholarships provided to the top ranked Year 12 students. Government schools are allowed 4 student free days each year. Monday 30th was our first student free day, with the remaining 3 being: Monday 27th March for Parent-Teacher Interviews, Friday 16th June for report writing day and Monday 6th November for a curriculum day.

Chris and Reg Hollonds with the 11 Jessie Hollonds’ Scholarship recipients. Originally 10 scholarships

were provided to the College, but the Fund managed an 11th

, due to such a close range of ATAR scores.

HOMEWORK

Homework is a weekly or fortnightly task. Students are expected to hand in homework on the due date.

Unsubmitted homework, after one period’s grace, will result in detention until the work is completed. It is a

student’s responsibility to collect homework if you have been absent. You can ask your teacher for the task.

NB: Students may receive other homework as necessary for other subjects.

Year 7 –

English Rules worksheets (1 per week)

Maths Mate Sheets (1 per week)

Indonesian vocab words (10 weekly words)

Weekly Food Evaluation

Year 8 – 9

English Rules worksheets

Maths Mate Sheet

Indonesian vocab words

TF05 - Weekly Food Evaluation

Year 8

Year 9 - 10

English Weekly Sheets

Maths Mate Weekly Sheet (Year 9)

Indonesian vocab words

TF08 - Weekly Food Evaluation

Year 8/9/10

COMING EVENTS

2017 Thurs 9

th Feb Future Makers Meeting

7pm JHS Year 9s

Mon 13th

-17th

Feb Year 7 Camp

Mon 20th

Feb House Swim Sports

Tues 21st Feb OMDSSSA Cricket

Wed 22nd

Feb CFA Mt Beauty

Mon 27th

Feb School Photos

Wed 1st Mar OMDSSSA Swimming

Mon 13th

Mar Labour Day Holiday

Thurs 16th

Mar CFA Tallangatta

Thurs 23rd

Mar Health Careers Expo

Mon 27th

Mar Parent Teacher

Interviews

Tues 28th

Mar 7/8 OMDSSSA Sport

29th

Mar-31st Mar School Production

Thurs 30th

Mar 9/10 OMDSSSA Sport

Fri 31st Mar XC House run

Last day of Term 1

2.30pm finish

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Dear Parents,

Welcome to the 2017 new school year. I am very

pleased and honoured to have become a member of the

Mount Beauty Secondary College staff and community.

The town has been very welcoming to myself and my

family, and for that, we are very grateful.

The college has had several changes to staffing, and as

such, roles for some staff members have also changed.

The following is a list of ‘Year Level Co-ordinators’

that will be your first point of contact for any enquiries:

Yr 7 – Jonathan Serpell

Yr 8 – Brad Redmond

Yr 9 – Esther Leccardi (née Bottomley)

Yr 10 – Jenny Farrington

Yr 11 – Ann Bellingham

Yr 12 – Ellen Sadler

Student Safety & Wellbeing – Jarrod Policha

I look forward to continuing to meet you all as well as

work with the students and staff of Mount Beauty

Secondary College.

Thankyou

Ross Wilson

ADMIN HOUSE KEEPING

Families of Year 7 students will receive a letter soon advising them about student information being given to the Alpine Shire as part of the immunisation program. If you do not want the school to send your contact information to the Alpine Shire Council, please advise us in writing before February 28th.

Year 7 students have been given information about the Bogong Camp. Please return forms and $150 payment by Wed 8th Feb (circle the appropriate form of payment on the school medical form).

School fees are payable now. Please pay by the end of Term 1. Please see the office if you need help filling in the form.

Application forms are now available for the Camps, Sport and Excursion Fund. If you have a valid concession card as at the first day of school you may be eligible. Please pick one up at the office or phone us and we can give one to your child.

Thank you

PRESENTATION AWARDS 2016

Excellence Awards Endeavour Awards cont Year 11 Year 8 Jared Cook Ila Bowditch Katerina Trnka Amelie Griffiths-Brown Kira Grace Molly Willey Hugh Ranton Year 10 Anderson Rookes Trilby Ford Alina Smith Sophie Hodge Rhys Cook Ella Gould Allie Barnes Tyra Hunt Jarrah Forrer Year 7 Brianna Oldis Lilly McMahon Breanna Willis Ellicia McDermott William Heystek Phoebe Roffey Isaac Pronk Year 9 Patrick Williams Elizabeth George Ayla Armitage Rose Irving Hayden Bellman Tarita Hutton Darcy Ceccanti Aidan Grace Zoe Hocking Grace Walkley Year 8 Claire Bowring Acacia Benne Keeble Jonah Cosgriff Maths Awards (Ken and

Liz Harvey) Year 7 Kira Grace Dylan Cosgriff Jayde Sanderson Ethan Grace Ash Forrer Maths Competition Arneh Beije Aidan Hunt Hannah Flay Heng (Nic) Low

Endeavour Awards Citizenship Award Year 11 Flynn Eriksson Amber McGlead Tyra Hunt Jamieson Rookes Madison Ryder Hista Soldier-Wolf Kwong Lee Dow Year 10 Tyra Hunt Jacara Payne Jordan King

Performing Arts (MB Art

Zoe Kromar Cassandra Richardson

Group) Tyra Hunt

Jerrica McLaren Performing Arts Britney McDermott Zoe Kromar Emily Barnes Britney McLaren Lauren Sauervein Tahlia Philp Jared Cook James Frawley Eliza Frede Charlie Ryder

Art Award (UKV Regional Arts +Mary-Lou Hogarth)

Jacara Payne Year 9 Rose Irving Emelia Roffey Breanna Willis Taya Burdziejko Leah Stricek Ryan Blackwell Annabelle Barter

Food Technology Award – UKV Country Women’s Assoc

Pierre du Coubertin Connor Vickers

Riley Wiseman Caltex All Rounder Ebony Tanzen Reading for Pleasure Year 7 Long Tan (ADF) Awards Claire Bowring Ella Gould Ethan Grace Ebony Tanzen Year 8 Ila Bowditch Jonah Cosgriff

Ramage/Vine Loyalty Awards

Year 9 Bridget Lane Lola Timewell Aidan Hunt Pat O’Neill Year 10 CFA Award Zoe Kromar Ella Gould James Frawley Liam Hood Year 11 Brianna Oldis Katerina Trnka Jared Cook Attendance Awards Year 12 Year 12 Aidan Hunt Grace Bloom Maddie Willis Aidan Hunt Aleesha Khan Maya Valente Wodonga Tafe Principal’s Scholarship Lachlan Lemin Lydi Fowler

Year 9 Aidan Grace Year 7 Claire Bowring

Madeline Willis Ethan Grace CFMEU Amber McGlead Latrobe University Award

Madeline Willis

Dux Mikaela Rixon-Zonnenbergs

Jessie Hollonds’ Scholarships

Name 1. Mikaela Rixon-Zonnenbergs

2. Rachel Abbott 3. Aleesha Khan

4. Mariele Heystek

5. Grace Bloom 6. Ebony Tanzen

7. Ebony Moorman 8. Maya Valente

9. Noah O’Brien 10. Aidan Hunt

11. Hannah Webb

Year 12 Academic Awards Study Student

Biology Maya Valente Mikaela Rixon-Zonnenbergs

Business Management Mikaela Rixon-Zonnenbergs

Chemistry Mikaela Rixon-Zonnenbergs

Computing: Infomatics Lachlan McNicol

Engineering Studies (VET) Patrick McMahon

English Aleesha Khan Hannah Webb

Furnishing (VET) Jared Cook

Further Mathematics Mariele Heystek

German Marvin Smith

Global Politics Mariele Heystek

Health and Human Development

Grace Bloom

Indonesian Aleesha Khan

Mathematical Methods Aleesha Khan

Media Rachel Abbott

Physical Education Rachel Abbott

Physics Aleesha Khan

Specialist Maths Aidan Hunt

Studio Art Rachel Abbott

Visual Communication Katerina Trnka

YEAR 9 FUTURE MAKERS, 2017, INFORMATION EVENING

When: Thursday 9th February Time: 7pm Where: Jessie Hollonds’ Studios Mount Beauty Secondary College is again offering Year 9 students in 2017 the opportunity to attend the Future Makers Camp, a self-development program offered by the Outdoor School – Bogong Campus. Attendance at the Parent Information Evening, at 7pm on Thursday 9th February, at the Jessie Hollonds’ Studios will allow you to ask any questions, meet the staff running the program and clarify all details regarding the program. We strongly encourage parents and students to attend this meeting as an introduction to what the program offers and what your student will get out of it.

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS

The CWA has several opportunities for postgraduate scholarships available in 2017.

1. Post graduate studies in Nursing scholarship

for those working as a nurse in a rural

community

2. Post graduate Diploma in Agribusiness 2017

for those who are undertaking a one year FT,

or two year PT, course. Must have two years’

experience in the Agribusiness field

3. Environmental post-graduate award – must

reside in Victoria, wishing to pursue further

study / research

4. Food Technology education grant, available to

students studying a Diploma or Degree in

Applied Science/Food Technology in 2017

Closing date: 31 March 2017 Please contact the CWA for information or see Ms Bellingham

CAREERS IN HEALTH FORUM

Held at La Trobe University, Wodonga on 23rd March 2017. It is designed to educate Year 11 and 12 students from border schools on the careers in health that they can aspire to locally. Students will have three electives drawn from a choice of 25 career areas and a fourth interdisciplinary sessions designed to demonstrate how practitioners from various health-related careers work together to meet the needs of the patient. Lunch and a small morning snack are provided. You will need to make your selection using an on-line link by the Wednesday 15th February. Please see Ms Bellingham if you are interested. Our school has been allocated ten places, so get in early to get a spot.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT VICTORIA CONCESSION TRAVEL

Students aged 17 and 18 no longer need to purchase a PTV concession card to travel at the concession rate on public transport in Victoria if they carry a passport, proof of age card or licence as proof of age. A PTV concession card will still need to be purchased if students don’t have any form of proof of age (Student card is not accepted).

ACCIDENT INSURANCE

Parents or guardians of students, who do not have student accident insurance, are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance or transport, as well as any other transport costs. Parents or guardians can purchase insurance policies from commercial insurers. We would also like to remind parents or guardians that the Department does not hold insurance for personal property brought to school and it has no capacity to pay for any loss or damage to such property.

CSEF

Camps, Sports and Excursion Funds are available to families who have a current health care card as at 30/1/2017. Forms are available from the office. A copy of the concession card is required. For more

information go to https://tinyurl.com/z2r8h87

COMMUNITY NEWS

NEWSLETTER ITEMS

Mount Beauty Secondary College will be only publishing local community group events. There are many other platforms available for advertising other events and we are happy to put posters up at school. We would like to maintain the newsletter for school related items only or community organisations. Thank you.

MOUNT BEAUTY COMMUNITY MARKET

Saturday 4th of February

9--am --- 1pm Interested Stallholders ph 03 5754 4097

Come and enjoy the day catching up with friends.

LITTLE ATHLETICS

Our season resumes on Friday 3rd February, 5-7pm on

the Les Peart Oval

If you would like to know more please contact

Kim Franzke – President or Carolyn Trott – Registrar

Email – mtbeauty@lavic.com.au

Mob – 0412 782 337

Mount Beauty Secondary College will be having our photo day on Monday 27th February at approximately 12pm. Envelopes will be sent home with students soon and parents can return the envelopes to school with payment or pay online. Payment can be made up to March 9, 2017 and after that a late fee will apply. All students will receive a free ID card. Family envelopes will also be available.

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING?

Only SOME of the

award winners.

The dance group from DA03 Dance Fever

performed an amazingly energetic dance to the

song ‘Jai Ho’.

Bridget and Aidan, dual recipients of the

Vine/Ramage Loyalty award.

The Jazz Band wowed us with their repertoire.

The 2016 Year 8 girls used the Building Resilience funding to hold an 80s disco for the College. The

Year 8 boys wanted to create a games room. Unfortunately the funding did not stretch to that length, but

they were able to purchase some new games equipment for the Caf for everyone to play on.

Congratulations

Ebony, for winning

the 2017 Alpine

Shire Young Citizen

of the Year award.