Date: - 21st June 2019

Email: alexandra.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au

Web: www.asc.vic.edu.au

Ph: 57702000 Fx: 57722049

Dates to remember - School Production

20th-22nd June

Yr 10 Work Experience 24th-28th June Grand Concert

25th June

Yr 7 All Abilities Day 26th June Yr 9 Courage to Care Exc. 27th June Mt Buller Ski Day

28th June

First Day of Term 3

15th July

Term Dates-

Term Three: Monday 15th July

to Friday 20th September

Term Four: Monday 7th October

to Friday 20th December

Curriculum (Student free)

Wed 14 August

WEEK 9 2

Non attendance at school can be sent by text to mobile number

0437 684 508

This Is Me

ASC Production

tickets selling fast.

WORK EXPERIENCE Next week our Year 10 Students will be engaging in Work Experience, which is an integral part of career development. Work Experience helps develop student’s employability skills, enabling them to explore possible career options, developing their understanding of employer expectations and increasing their self-understanding, maturity, independence and self-confidence. This year’s cohort will be undertaking their Work Experience both near

and far, from Halls Gap to Alexandra township and in a broad range of industries.

In preparation for their work experience week, students have been writing resume’s and cover letters as well as practicing their professional engagement skills via the Mock

Interviews and Local Professionals Careers Insight event held earlier this term.

Alexandra Secondary College would like to thank the local businesses that have agreed to

host a work experience student in 2019. We acknowledge that without their organisation

and support opportunities like this couldn’t exist.

Thank-you to the following organisations and businesses:

Alexandra District Hea;th, Eildon & District Kindergarten, JMAX Engineering, Alexandra &

District Kindergarten, Modern Life Studios, DMK, Marysville Bakery, Alexandra

Automotive, Nadine & Co., Buxton Primary School, Department of Defence, The Corner

Hotel, Zoos Australia, Yea Veterinary Clinic, OEG, Buxton Trout Farm, Maintongoon

Hatcheries, Dame Pattie Menzies, Timo’s Hot Bread, Victorian Fisheries Authority,

Alexandra Primary School, North East Air, Grant St Grocer, Beauty & Bling Hairdressing,

Mansfield Vet Clinic and Decibel.

GRAND CONCERT ASC presents the 2019 Semester One Grand Concert on Tuesday 25th June from 6 to 9 pm at the College Hall. This concert will feature the following bands and groups Newly Weds, Those Ones, Dedicated to…., Hot Blue Days, ASC Choir, Junior Band, Bandemonium, The ASC Parents Band plus more….. The Band musical directors are Nick Lester, Jack Mithen, Ray Wynn

MC’s for the concert are Jackson Harris, Steph D’Antonio and Brad Waixel

Principal ’s Report

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STAFF CONTACT DETAILS

Bainbridge– Mark Davies

davies.mark.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

Weinberg—Phil Kim

kim.kyongtae.k@edumail.vic.gov.au

Cumming—Penny Steuart

steuart.penny.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

Long—Marian Rice

rice.marian.f@edumail.vic.gov.au

It has been a tough week for our community, following the tragic events of last weekend. We have been impressed how our students and staff have looked after each other. Jordy Purcell was a member of our graduating class of 2016, his spark has been extinguished too soon. Our thoughts are with Jordy’s family and friends and all those connected with this tragedy.

The wonderful Mrs Nadj took 16 of our students to the Hume Cross Country Championships at Winton Raceway on Wednesday. All students ran well. We take great pride in congratulating Toby Prothero, Riley Thomas and Jirri Prothero who all qualified for State; a sensational achievement!

There has been huge anticipation around for those waiting for this year’s Production “This Is Me”. Reviews coming in from those who attended last night’s opening performance are fuelling this. It is the hottest ticket in town with only minimal tickets

available for tonight’s and tomorrow night’s show.

Thanks to Mrs FitzRoy for taking our Year 12 Studio Art students to the “Top Art” exhibition in Melbourne. This showcases the very best of student work from last year’s VCE, giving our students a great measure for what is required. Thanks to Mr Shaw and Mrs Crouch for taking our Year 9 Recreation class to enhance their archery skills down at Woori Yallock yesterday. Thanks to Mrs Malcolm and the Year 12 Sport and Recreation class—our lunchtimes have been action packed as “PE Fortnight”

continues.

Our Year 10s will not be in class next week as they are out experiencing the world of work. This is a great opportunity to get a taste and some extra knowledge around potential future career pathways. We wish our Year 10s a happy holiday and all the

best with their work experience.

We remind any students interested in attending the Mittagundi 10-day program that they need to write a letter of interest, addressed to Mr Lyttle, stating why they would like to take part in this challenge. Letters should be handed to the front office by Monday 24th June. Please see Mr Lyttle with any questions regarding this opportunity.

Choosing to be at school and choosing to learn and so improve our future lives is a positive and clever choice. It is normal to

get sick this time of year, so keeping this in mind it is important to avoid unnecessary absences.

Nigel Lyttle Sue Malcolm

lyttle.nigel.n@edumail.vic.gov.au malcolm.susan.m@edumail.vic.gov.au

Percentage of students with 90% attendance and above

Week

3

Week

4

Week

5

Week

6

Week

7

Week

8

Week

9

Year

7 79% 71% 77% 71% 77% 71% 69%

Year

8 72% 53% 65% 53% 58% 49% 51%

Year

9 63% 60% 61% 56% 63% 61% 63%

Year

10 61% 51% 61% 47% 55% 51% 51%

Year

11 67% 57% 71% 69% 79% 74% 69%

Year

12 63% 58% 63% 47% 63% 58% 61%

Careers News

Apprenticeship Opportunities -

For more information please contact Felicity Wilmot, Careers Coordinator

Year 12 Tutoring Support RESN – Regional Support Network RESN (Regional Education Support Network) is a free tutoring service available to regional and rural students who are studying VCE. Please read the information below which outlines the objective of this service and how to access it. Please log on to www.resntutoring.com and read the information below to being using this supportive network. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email me at vanlierop.rebecca.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

Who We Are? RESN is a free service for regional and rural students provided by a team of passionate VCE and IB graduates. We are dedicated to the goal of providing access to high quality VCE tutoring for regional Victorians. We are a charity funded by donation and do not pay salaries to our tutors. We want to bridge the gap between the services available to metropolitan and regional/rural students: that's why we decided to create a free, online tutoring service designed for the 21st century and available to all students outside of the city. What We Offer? RESN aims to provide students with: 1) Explanations to tricky questions and concepts within 24 hours. 2) Reviewing of essays by a second set of highly skilled eyes within 24 hours. 3) Opportunity for students to ask questions about exam preparation and university life 4) Leadership opportunities within the RESN family even while still at school. 5) Tutoring and administrative positions with the RESN team after completing school. Safety: At RESN, safety is our number one priority. As a minimum requirement, we require all tutors and administrative members of RESN to have a valid Working With Children’s Check (WWCC) which may be sighted upon request. To see exactly how our processes work and the safety measures we have undertaken to protect our students, please review our Safety Guidelines at https://www.resntutoring.com/safety Useful Links: 1. Homepage – https://www.resntutoring.com/ 2. Tutor Bios – https://www.resntutoring.com/tutorbios 3. Safety Guidelines – https://www.resntutoring.com/safety 4. Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/RESNtutoring/ 5. Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/resn.tutoring/

Cert 3 in Dental Assisting (CC060519)

Cert 3 in Cabinet Making (NW030619)

Cert 2 in Engineering (Part-time School Based ) (NS110619)

Cert 3 in Landscape Construction (CC200519)

Creative Workshop – Year 7 English

Authors Craig Dent and Lauren Habarow visited us

last week and ran a creative workshop for some

Year 7 English students. The workshop was based

on their book, 'The Day Twoey Took A Screamer', a

tale about a cockatoo who plays Aussie Rules. Our

Year 7 students were asked to create and visualise

characters and enjoyed using alliteration to

describe these characters. They also drew colourful

images of their characters using different art

techniques.

Year 12 Studio Art students travelled to

Federation Square to see the annual Top Art

exhibits.

They also walked to Hosier Lane and visited

some wonderful

Galleries.

CSEF details The fund provides a payment of $125 for eligible primary school students and $225 for eligible secondary school students paid directly to the school, to be used towards camps, sports and excursion costs for the

benefit of the student.

Families holding a valid means-tested concession card are eligible to apply, as well as certain students and

families who fall into a special consideration category.

Payments to schools commenced from March this year; however, schools can still accept and process

applications for the CSEF until the end of Term 2, on Friday 28 June.

Students and community enjoying the U3A trivia night. Well done Vet Hospitality Students who prepared and served the 55 very happy customers to great acclaim. They showed great professionalism.

Mookie and Nat were proud of their efforts, especially after a big school day.

REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY – WINTON

On Wednesday, I had the great pleasure of accompanying fourteen delightful Secondary College students to Winton for the Regional Cross Country competition. This event draws competitors from all schools in the North Eastern quarter of country Victoria, with 60 male and 60 female competitors eligible in each age group. In order to qualify for the State Competition at Bundoora on Thursday 18th July, participants needed to place in the top twelve. We had some excellent results, with outstanding performances from Toby Prothero -7th 15Y boys, Riley Thomas 11th 16Y girls and Jirri Prothero 12th 17-20Y girls. The standard of competition was very high, with just seconds between some

places.

Other results were:

12-13Y Boys Charlie Hill 45th Girls Jasmin McCallum 30th

14Y Bradley Irvine 31st Jazmin Collett 16th

Annie Howell 39th

15Y Coby Scott 37th Sierra Pammer 20th

Kayla Nadj 31st

Tarni Cobb 35th

16Y Hailey Collett 13th

17-20Y Yolanda Vinycomb 17th

Thanks to Cathy Olive and her mum for their support and encouragement, which was greatly appreciated. Also to Mr Lyttle and office staff for their organisation. Thank you to our wonderful students who represented our school admirably, I am extremely proud of you all.

Anne Nadj