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Principal’s Report “Excellence Through Opportunity”

Dear Parents and Friends,

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE DAYS In Victoria and at Kyabram P-12 College, we achieve excellence by consistently focusing on improving the achievements of learners, whether it is through improving the quality of educational services or changing the way we teach. The most important thing we can do to improve student outcomes is to develop and improve the skills of our teachers. The Victorian Government and at Kyabram P-12 College we will continue to provide opportunities to develop professional, passionate staff and equip them with the right knowledge and skills to meet the needs of their students. To ensure we support the learning and development of not only our students, but our staff too; we are committed to providing professional development opportunities for our workforce. Staff will spend four days per year further developing their skills in areas that are aligned to the school priorities. Students will directly benefit from these improvements in their daily learning. Throughout 2018 staff will be taking time to improve their delivery of teaching and learning through the four professional practice days they have been allocated. The professional practice days are part of the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2017. Each full time teacher is entitled to one day per term (four days per year), to focus on the improved delivery of high quality teaching and learning. At Kyabram P-12 College we have included our support staff so they also gain the benefits of such an initiative. We know children sometimes find it challenging when their teacher is away from the classroom. Equally, it’s important that staff take the time to focus on improving their professional practice because their learning directly impacts on your child’s learning experience. There is a learning plan in place to ensure that your child’s education continues as usual. We are scheduling the days ahead of time and have planned the day so that there is minimal impact.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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IMPORTANT DATES

MARCH 2

Clean Up Australia Day Yr 3-6

6 Yr 10 Geography Field Work Trip to

Fauna Park

Yr 7-12 Tennis Trials at Ky Lawn

7 Deb Ball Training 5:45pm -7pm

8 Water Safety Session 3/4 N and 5/6

Classes

12 LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY

14 Deb Ball Training 5:45pm -7pm

15 Purple Dress Up DayWhole College

16 Secondary School Photos

Stride MPower Program

21 Deb Ball Training 5:45pm -7pm

Secondary Parent/Student/Teacher Discussions 2-7pm

22 Year 7 Immunisation Program

23 Primary School Photos

26-29 OE Unit 3 Camp to Wilsons Prom

28 Deb Ball Training 5:45pm -7pm

29 Last Day of Term 1 2:20pm Dismissal

Term 1 Issue 3

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Principal’s Report continued ….

PARENTS CLUB – YOU ARE INVITED Parents’ Club plays an important role at Kyabram P-12 College. Parents’ Club not only benefits students, but also enriches and contributes to the wellbeing of the whole school community through positive interactions and support.

Parents participating in Parents Club activities can gain a firsthand understanding of the general operations of our College, can use, and build on, existing skills and expertise, develop friendships and work together with other parents interested in supporting the school.

Parents’ Club members work together with College Council and the Principal to provide input into school decision-making and organise activities for our students.

In 2017 our Kyabram P-12 College Parents’ Club main goal was to install new curtains in the W.A. Kuhne Assembly Hall. During January this project was completed and I would like to congratulate our hard working and dedicated Parents Club on this achievement. Thank you!

If you are interested in being part of this wonderful team in our College and would like to participate in organising activities, provide the College with your ideas and be part of a social cuppa and a chat, please come along to our first Parents’ Club meeting for 2018, being held at the College Office board room, this coming Monday March 5

th at

7:00 pm. We look forward to seeing you there.

SECONDARY STUDENT / PARENT / TEACHER DISCUSSIONS The term 1 Secondary Student / Parent / Teacher Discussions will be held on Wednesday 21

st March from 2:00pm

to 7:00pm for all Secondary students.

This will mean if you are able to collect your children from school at 1:30pm that would be appreciated to support the school in running these important discussions. A note will be sent home shortly gaining permission for students to leave the school at 1:30pm.

Bus travellers and students that are required to stay at school will be looked after by the available staff for the afternoon. I would encourage parents to register your interview times as soon as possible on Compass which will be available from Friday 9

th March. Our interviews provide us with an opportunity to discuss your student’s progress and for us to

support you as an important person in your student’s development and learning. I also look forward to using our interview evenings as an opportunity to catch up with our parents during this time.

Stuart Bott College Principal

Business Manager’s Report Jan Prior

KYABRAM AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY BANK HELPS OUT

Thank you to the Kyabram and District Community Bank for their generous donation of $1,000 for the W.A. Kuhne Hall refurbishment. This has now boosted the fundraising efforts of the Kyabram P-12 College Parents Club who have completed the curtain installation and are now focusing on the hall toilet upgrade. It has been exciting to see the curtains completed! Pictured: Stuart Bott (College Principal), Ben Langley (Kyabram and District Community Bank Manager), Amelia Kohn (2017 Parents’ Club President). If you would like to become involved in our fund raising team or make a donation, please go to our Go Fund Me website at: https://www.gofundme.com/Bn7q9n or contact the office on 58512100.

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COMPASS PASSWORDS – TOP TIP The quickest way to log in to the Compass School Portal is via the Compass icon from the College website located at: http://www.kyabramp-12.vic.edu.au/ The website browser will ask you to change your password and update your details.

After your first time log in, you can then easily download the Compass App directly to your phone.

P-6 Principal Report Kate Whitford

ATTENDANCE LADDER It is with great pleasure I announce the class who finished on top of our Attendance Ladder for the month of February is Prep Whitley who had only nine absences. The grade who had no unexplained absences is grade 1 Hool. As a school we are required to report unusual or extended absences to the department so please make every effort to be at school or contact the office if you need to be away.

CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY This Friday all classes will be involved in the Schools ‘Clean up Australia Day Event’. We have classes cleaning the school grounds and others heading out into our community. Areas we are cleaning include- Jaycee Park, the skate park, the recreation reserve, the Memorial Gardens, the Fauna Park play area and the trotting track. Thank you to all staff involved in these activities; it is great to see our students out and about helping in the community.

PREP FIRST FULL WEEK OF SCHOOL After having a mid week rest for the month of February, next Wednesday, 7

th March will be the first Wednesday our

Prep students attend for this year. If your child has any difficulties adjusting to a full week of school, please contact their classroom teacher.

THANKYOU Thank you to the staff for your work over the first four weeks of school focussing on building relationships with students inside and outside the classroom. This focus has once again had a huge impact on student behavior and the general feel around our college.

SAFEWAY EARN AND LEARN Special thank you to Alex from Kyabram Woolworths for attending the primary assembly on Monday and presenting our College with resources, games and educational materials from our participation in the Woolworths Earn and Learn program. Thank you also to all the families who collected stickers and helping us earn the fantastic prizes.

Congratulations to last week’s and this

week’s award winners.

P-6 Awards

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Prep News What a wonderful start to the year the Preps have had. We have been very busy with lots happening in the classrooms. Jolly Phonics - it is wonderful to see the progress made by all students. We are sure you have been hearing some of the songs at home. So far we have introduced s, a, t, i and this week p. Students are welcome to draw, write or cut and paste pictures in their Jolly Phonics homework books. Home Reading - well done to our super readers who have read for 25 nights. It has been fantastic to start signing certificates in the home reading logs! At the moment we expect to see the children pointing to the words as they read, identifying the Jolly Phonics sounds in the books and remembering some of the 12 Golden Words. The books that students are currently taking home are very repetitive so that students can increase their known word bank and also practice fluent reading. This is also a time for you to model reading with your child being able to repeat after you as they point to the words. Thank you to parents that are listening to their own child as well as others during morning reading, it is appreciated. Social Stories - each Prep grade has been discussing how to deal with situations that they don't like. You may notice the posters up in the classrooms; When someone is hurting or annoying me I will: 1. Look at them. 2. Put my hand up in a stop sign. 3. Say to the person, 'Stop it, I don't like it.' 4. If it doesn't work I will get help from a teacher or adult. Wednesday rest days come to an end - just a reminder that from next Wednesday 7th March, Prep students will be at school full time. Please speak with your child's teacher if you have any concerns about this.

Year 3/4 News Water Safety Session

This event occurred for all but Mr Nexhip’s class last Thursday, 22nd

February. Students participated in activities to develop their ability to be safe in and around water. Thank you for having your child prepared for the day. It was a bit overcast, but everyone had a great day in the kayaks and learning what it was like to swim with a life jacket on. Mr Nexhip’s grade will attend on Thursday, 8

th March.

Reading at Home Expectations

Students are expected to read at home at least FOUR times per week with evidence in their diaries.

In their diaries, on the day, write the title of the book they are reading along with the page. They should write their initials in the ‘Home’ section, on the right day of the week, on the diary insert for that week.

Students are also expected to read in their classrooms before school starts, every day. It would be fantastic if you could come in, as a parent, to support this reading time not only with just your child, but with other children as well.

Thursday, March 1st – EXCURSION - Port of Echuca. Thank you for ensuring that your child had written or online permission to attend this important activity in our term 1 calendar. Please find out from your child how the day went and how their learning on the day connected to what ‘community’ meant in the past.

Getting to know you interviews. If you attended these interviews, your relationship and communication with your child’s teacher is off to a fantastic start! If you were unable to attend, please set up another time to do this as soon as possible with your child ’s teacher.

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Sporting News Sarah Mangan Sporting Schools

Sporting Schools aims to increase children’s participation in sport. This term we are running two sporting schools programs. These are fully government funded.

The year 3-6’s are participating in a water safety session run by Peter Tindale and Carlie Whitford.

The year 1/2’s will participate in 4x40min tennis coaching sessions with David Starling.

Swimming Well done to Tait Peterson who is through to Regional swimming. In the division swimming last Friday he came 1st in freestyle and butterfly and 2nd in breaststroke and backstroke. Fantastic results!

Tennis Trials On Monday we had 29 students try out for our school tennis team. Well done to the following students who made it into the tennis team and will play in the Campaspe competition on Friday, 16th March: Nicholas Jephson, Oscar Dixon, Eric Billing, Josh Cartwright, Jessica Hooper, Rebekah Lawson, Makayla Morrison and Caitlyn Shay.

Lawn Bowls On Wednesday, 28th February we had a team of 12 students ranging from year 2 to year 6 competing at Moama where they finished undefeated in the Division competition. The team will now go through to Regionals. Good Luck.

Thank You Already this year we have been very busy with lots of sport. I would like to thank the students for proudly representing our College, parents for their above and beyond help and support and our staff for always supporting the students to participate in these opportunities.

7-12 Principal Report Louise Mellington

SWIMMING SPORTS On Thursday 15

th February we held a very successful swimming carnival. It was great to see the students get behind

the competitors and support them in their races.

On Monday 26th February we had a number of students swim at the next level, which was the SSV Campaspe

Swimming Carnival. Grace Gale won all five events that she participated in, taking out the 20 year old age champion on the day. Leah Dunn also came 2

nd in her 200m freestyle event. Well done to all swimmers on the day who

represented their College well.

BUS TRAVELLERS WHO WISH TO TRANSPORT LARGE ITEMS Please note that the bus operators are not permitted to transport large items in the external storage compartment of the bus, e.g. bikes or scooters and large bags such as cricket bags. Should your child need to transport such items please make alternate arrangements.

SUNSMART AND HATS As we are a Sunsmart school please ensure that your child has a broad brimmed hat at school during Term 1. We have school hats that are part of our summer school uniform and these can be purchased at our local uniform suppliers.

UNIT ONE OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND GEOGRAPHY CAMPS This week we have had 33 of our students head to Torquay for the outdoor education surf camp and the geography camp. The students have engaged in a number of activities in their unit studies and a big thank you to the staff who have attended these camps.

VCAL Our VCAL students have been busy setting up their new learning environment in F3. They have also been involved in gaining their White Card and on Monday 26

th, we saw our VCAL students all complete their Barista Training. A

big thank you to Wickedly Divine, in particular Sarah; KCLC, Hurleys and Brady Electrical for making this day possible for our students.

STAFF CARPARK A reminder that this carpark is for staff only and is not to be used for the drop off and pick up of students at the

start and end of the day by parents.

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Book Club Co-ordinator Position Available for 2019 - Register your interest now

Cheryl Child and Anna Hooper Bookclub is issued out to families in the primary campus 6-8 times every year, where families have the opportunity to purchase books from the catalogues; all purchases create awards points that we use to purchase books for the school library and class rooms. Each year this total has been around $1000 or more of books purchased and the role of the co-ordinator is to help in choosing these. Next year the co-ordinator position is vacant with Anna finishing in the primary area and she would love someone to stop in and take over this rewarding role that is very popular with all the children. It isn ’t hard, only twice each term and requires you to collect orders once in, place orders on the online system (already set up), collect books when delivered to school and sort and distribute to classes. Books come already bagged up in class room e.g. Prep A, so you only need to separate and cross check orders. You will be greeted by lots of smiling faces, believe me, when you hand out the books! The new incoming co-ordinator could work with Anna from term 3 to see how the system works and take over before the end of the year if they feel confident to do so. We definitely need someone to fill this position to continue, even if you can only do for the one year. Please leave your name and contact number at the primary office if you can take on this position, or contact Anna on 0418 134 721. Our first Book Club forms will be out in classes very soon. Thank you.

COLLEGE NEWS

CANTEEN ROSTER PRIMARY CAMPUS

MARCH

Mon 5 Kaitlin Archard Tue 6 Moana Waasdorp Wed 7 Fiona Barnett Thur 8 Anna Hooper Fri 9 Help Please Mon 12 LABOUR DAY Tue 13 Heather McLennan Wed 14 Claire Perrella Thur 15 Denise White Fri 16 Help Please

SECONDARY CAMPUS MARCH

10:30-11:45am 1:00-2:15pm Mon 5 Kerrine Burgess Kerrine Burgess Tue 6 Leanne Sloan Help Please Wed 7 Help Please Help Please Thur 8 Trudi Plumb Help Please Fri 9 Tanya Smith Tanya Smith Mon 12 LABOUR DAY Tue 13 Help Please Help Please Wed 14 Tanya Smith Tanya Smith Thur 15 Help Please Help Please Fri 16 Help Please Help Please

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COMMUNITY MATTERS

KYABRAM KNIGHTS SCHOOLS SOCCER

New and returning players in Under 6 to Under 15 age groups are invited to register their interest/intention to play by emailing player name, D.O.B. and contact number to kyknightssoccerclub@gmail.com

Registration forms and season information will be emailed to interested players. Limited hard copies will also be available shortly from the Kyabram P-12 College Primary Office and St Augustine’s College Office. Registration night will be held on Tuesday 6th March. Registration forms can be returned on this night or emailed to the club at the above email address. Registration forms are due by Friday 9th March - placement in a team cannot be guaranteed if forms are received after this date. Please contact Dee-Ann Dodos 0409 523 561 or Sonia Wakenshaw 0419 112 717 for further information.

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