Campbell Street Derrinallum Phone: (03) 55976625, Fax: (03) 55976646

Victoria 3325 Email: derrinallum.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Principal’s Report

Integrity, Teamwork, Support, Empathy, Respect.

www.derrinallump12.vic.edu.au May 8th, 2015

Derrinallum P-12 College Community Newsletter

Edition 12

Alan Coffey - Principal

Student Input We recently had 49 of our 52 students from Year 5 to Year 12 complete the student Attitudes to School Survey. This survey provides schools with valuable data on students’ views of their wellbeing, teaching and learning and school in general, in order to support school improvement. The results should be available in July. NAPLAN The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual national assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. All students in these year levels are expected to participate in tests in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. NAPLAN is the measure through which governments, education authorities, schools, teachers and parents can determine whether or not young Australians are meeting important educational outcomes in Literacy and Numeracy. We urge you to ensure that your children are at school on the testing days Tuesday May 12

th Language Conventions and Writing, Wednesday 13

th May Reading and

Thursday 14th May Numeracy.

2014 Annual Report to the School Community School Council will present the 2014 Annual Report to the School Community at 7.00pm on Wednesday the 17

th of June. The Annual Report is prepared to inform parents and the wider school community of the

School’s successes, activities and achievements throughout the year. Please contact the College for a copy of 2014 Annual Report, view it on the school website or you are welcome to attend the presentation evening in June. New Smoking Bans New regulations regarding smoking in Victoria came into effect from the 13

th of April 2015. Smoking is

banned within four metres of an entrance to all primary and secondary schools in Victoria, and within the school grounds, under an amendment to the Tobacco Act 1987. A similar ban applies to the entrances and grounds of Victorian child care centres and kindergartens. We thank you for your cooperation in complying with these new regulations. Parents and Friends Last term an article inviting parents interested in reconvening the Parents and Friends Association was in the school newsletter. Unfortunately, we had no calls from parents regarding the 2 office bearer positions or membership. Therefore, the Parents and Friends Association will go into ‘recess’ until the School Council Election process in March 2016. Every Day Counts Student attendance is a key performance indicator of student engagement and wellbeing and we are striving to improve our attendance rates and minimise our student absence rates. Thanks to all of the parents who advise us when their child/ren are absent. We hope the SMS messaging system is a convenient method of communication.

VCAL Organised RSA & FS1 At Derrinallum P-12 College

2015 - Term Dates

Term 1, 28 January to 27 March Term 2, 13 April to 26 June Term 3, 13 July to 18 September Term 4, 5 October to 18 December

12th May NAPLAN Testing—Years 3, 5, 7 & 9

13th May NAPLAN Testing –Years 3, 5, 7 & 9

14th May NAPLAN Testing—Years 3, 5, 7 & 9

18th May Warrnambool Eisteddfod Whole Grade 2-6 Choral

20th May School Council Meeting

26th May Warrnambool Eisteddfod - Selected Senior Students

27th May Warrnambool Eisteddfod - Selected Senior Students

28th May Warrnambool Eisteddfod - Selected Senior Students

5th June Student Free Day

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C.F.T. International will be running Food Safety Level 1 and Responsible Service of Alcohol at the College on Tuesday 18th August 2015. If you are interested in obtaining one or both of these certificates please contact Nicole or Gaye at Derrinallum P-12 College on 55976625 or complete the form below and return to the College by August 3rd. Times to be confirmed.

Food Safety Level 1 $95

Responsible Service of Alcohol $75

Please enrol me in: Food Safety Level 1 $95 Responsible Service of Alcohol $75 Total______ Name:__________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Phone:_________________________________ This training will provide assessment of both skills and knowledge to the learners.

Derrinallum P-12 College Community Newsletter. May 8th 2015.

Mr Smith’s Maths Problem!

Gym and fitness equipment needed!!

Last week’s question was:

I am a 2 digit number that can be divided by 2 with no remainder. My first digit is double my second digit.

My 2 digits add up to 6. What number am I?

ANS: 42

For those who wish to get their mathematical minds thinking, try finding an answer to this week’s question:

A class of 23 students has 7 more boys than girls in it. How many girls are there in the class?

Students of the Week Campbell Greig for his great reading work.

Liam Harper for his great persuasive writing.

Student Banking

Derrinallum P-12 College is currently undergoing construction to build a gym/fitness

centre for the students. We are already in possession of some equipment to be used,

however, we are asking that if you no longer need or want equipment you have at home

or know somebody wishing to get rid of equipment, the school and the students would

greatly appreciate donations. Coming Soon!

School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way for young Australians to learn about money and develop good savings habits. Run through participating schools nationally, children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens which they can redeem for exciting rewards. At Derrinallum P-12 College, students can bank each Tuesday.

On Thursday 23rd April the Derrinallum College House Athletics were held. This was a very enjoyable day, with the overall

final result being Banongil/Larra 832 points and Gala/Titanga 770 points. Well done to Banongil/Larra.

The winner of the Maurice Heard Memorial Trophy P-6 division was Matt Morrison on 55 points. Olivia Loader was the

winner of the Secondary division with 43 points. Well done to both of these students.

The individual champions were as follows;

Junior Primary Female – Neave Thompson

Junior Primary Male – Mekenzy Dixon

Intermediate Primary Female – Pippa Britton

Intermediate Primary Male – Matt Morrison

Senior Primary Female – Eve Britton

Senior Primary Male – Ned Uren

Junior Secondary Female – Stella Cameron

Junior Secondary Male – Liam Maslin

Intermediate Secondary Male – Jason Torney

Intermediate Secondary Female – Emma Jacobsen

Senior Secondary Female – Olivia Loader

Senior Secondary Male – Ash Spillman

There were also several new records set for the day as follows;

Eve Britton – 800m

Neave Thompson – Long Jump, Vortex, Shot put

Matt Morrison – Discus, Long Jump, Triple jump

Pippa Britton – Triple Jump

Dom Young – Discus

Congratulations not only to the individual record breakers but also to all students for their efforts on the day. Several com-

ments were made to me throughout the day as to the excellent nature of the student’s competition and effort levels and student

behaviour was extremely high throughout the day. Well done to all students.

Thank-you also to all staff members for their assistance on the day.

Lastly a big thank you to all parents and grandparents who helped and supported on the day as without your help we would not

be able to run this carnival. Your support is greatly appreciated. I won’t name you individually, but you know who you are!

Overall, the weather was perfect and an excellent day was had by all.

Russell Moyle - Sports Coordinator -Derrinallum P12 College

House Athletics 2015