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House Athletics We announced in our General Assembly during the week, which was conducted remotely, the results from the House Athletics and the associated Age Group Champions.
Congratulations to Greeves House and also to the following students:
13 Yr Female Matilda Richardson (7 events)
13 Yr Male Bruno Parfitt (9 events)
14 Yr Female Hazel Burgess (10 events)
14 Yr Male Imanuel Mach (7 events)
15 Yr Female Amelie Parfitt (10 events)
15 Yr Male Liam Morrissy (6 events)
16 Yr Female Neeve Bakker-Graham (8 events)
16 Yr Male Declan Prigg (9 events)
17 Yr Female Chloe Lewis (5 events)
17 Yr Male Kade McKenzie (7 events)
20 Yr Female Ebony Haberman (7 events)
20 Yr Male Caleb Morrissy (8 events) ANZAC Day - Driveway Commemorations All States and Territories' RSL branches have cancelled public Anzac Day services. Instead, they have joined other groups in asking Australians to unite in recognising all armed services personnel by standing on their driveways at 6:00am for a combined Dawn Service. "As a result of restrictions to this year's formal Anzac Day commemorations, the RSL encourages people to light up the dawn and remember and pay respects from home. This can take several forms including from the end of your driveway or within your home, with a candle or the light on your phone" an RSL spokesman said. The RSL has said that the qualities of the Anzac Spirit - courage, endurance, humour, ingenuity, and mateship - were particularly applicable for Australians amid the COVID19 pandemic. Armstrong Creek Work on the new school site continues with no disruptions at this point. Most of the buildings are now at lock up stage and the internal fitting out is underway. Turf has been rolled out on the oval and surrounding areas. We will continue with our relocation meetings this Term to plan our move for the start of the 2021 school, obviously with these to be conducted remotely.
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This being the first Newsletter of Term 2 I would like to welcome back to school all of the school community including any new students, albeit in this very different way to which none of us have ever experienced before. From the feedback that I have received from staff members, students and parents the remote learning, which is being provided by the school, is progressing well despite the obvious limitations that are associated with it. The ability to move across to the remote learning with so few major issues is a credit to our staff and their adaptability and also to the students and their willingness to make the best of a different learning platform. There is no doubt that all members of the school community wish that they could be back at school but we need to follow the advice of the Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton, who reiterated the following advice last week: “My advice to the Victorian Government was and continues to be that to slow the spread of the coronavirus (COVID19), schools should undertake remote learning for Term Two. This is because having around a million children and their parents in closer contact with teachers and other support staff has the potential to increase cases of coronavirus not just in schools but across the community. By having remote learning, it can contribute to physical distancing and therefore supports efforts to drive transmission down.”
If students are having trouble with the remote learning, I encourage you to contact the school to help you to address these issues. Open Night/Enhancement Program Without the ability to run an Open Night and Enhancement Program Information Session, we have had to produce some presentations that have been placed on the school website for interested parents/students to access. As is outlined in the Open Night presentation, one thing that has changed for the 2021 school year will be the school enrolment zone.
If parents are interested in seeing the new school zone they should visit: https://www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au/
MAY
Mon 4th STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY - NO STUDENTS AT SCHOOL
Wed 13th School Council Meeting
JUNE
Mon 8th QUEENS BIRTHDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY - SCHOOL CLOSED
Wed 10th School Council Meeting
Frid 12th REPORT WRITING DAY - NO STUDENTS AT SCHOOL
Frid 26th Last day of Term 2
Mon 29th June - Frid 10th July School Holidays
JULY
Mon 13th July TERM 3 COMMENCES
Absence Hotline - 03 5215 9733 Issue 5 Friday 24th April, 2020
12 Pickett Crescent, Belmont, 3216 Ph: 5243 4444 Web: www.oberonhs.vic.edu.au Email: [email protected]
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Staffing There has been a change to our teaching staff as Ms Emily Evans will be absent from school for the remainder of the year as she begins Family Leave. Welcome to Mr Brad Clough who joins us from MacKillop Education and is teaching English/Legal Studies/Humanities. Whole Staff PD Day Staff will be undertaking a Professional Learning Day on Monday 4th May. This student free day was always in the school calendar and has been planned for since the start of the year. General Assembly We have sent out to students a link to access a virtual General Assembly. The presentation associated with this Assembly included some recent photos of the new school, together with trend data results linked to the My School Website and also the results from the House Athletics which was held at the end of last term. If parents would like to see this presentation I encourage you to access this through your son/daughter’s link.
Tim McMahon
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT CONTINUED
Barwon Health Immunisation have released the following information regarding their immunisation program for students in Year 7 & 10:
We are watching the situation, and will be guided by the Department of Education and Department of Health, in regards to the School immunisation program.
Whilst parents are welcome to take their child to their own GP if they want their child vaccinated now, we would prefer they not attend our clinics as yet as they are already extremely busy.
If a return to school looks unlikely then we will look at other options for vaccinating students who have missed their vaccines but for the time being we have just put the program on hold as, the school system is already under enormous pressure.
If school does return we imagine that it will be easier to reorganise visits as we imagine a lot of the extra events within the school calendar will not be going ahead.
If school does not return before the end of June it will mean that the current Oberon Year 7 students will require their 2nd dose of HPV in 2021 which we can easily organise.
The Year 10 program isn’t expected to start until mid July with the Oberon session scheduled for July 21st. There is still work to do in this space in regards to consent form returns, which will be easier to organise once the students have returned and we do not have the flu vaccine workload in our office. We are definitely aiming to deliver the Year 10 program in some form this year.
Please be assured that the safety of everyone is our top priority and that the students will not miss out on these vaccines , they will simply be delayed.
If parents have any questions regarding immunisations we ask that you visit [email protected] for further information as The Barwon Health Immunisation Service phones are very busy at the present time.
IMMUNISATIONS 2020 - YEAR 7 & 10 STUDENTS
The following days have been approved by the Oberon High School - School Council as student free for 2020:
Monday 4th May - Staff Professional Development Day
Friday 12th June - Report Writing Day
Thursday 30th July - Staff Professional Development Day
Please mark these dates in your diary.
STUDENT FREE DAYS 2020
Due to the current circumstances (COVID19) the dates as stated in previous newsletters are no longer
applicable. Please watch this space for updates when they are
advised by the Department of Education.
GAT (General Achievement Test) - To Be Advised Last day of Year 12 Classes - To Be Advised Year 12 Celebration Assembly - To Be Advised Year 12 End of Year Written Exams - To be Advised Valedictory Dinner - To Be Advised
ANZAC DAY AT HOME DRIVEWAY COMMEMORATIONS
Because all ANZAC services have been cancelled this year, to keep everyone as safe as possible, the RSL is asking that we all join together to unite in recognising all armed service personnel by standing in our driveways at 6am for a combined Dawn Service.
You are encouraged to light-up-the-dawn, perhaps with a candle or the light on your phone, and in the quiet, remember.
Various dawn services will be available to listen to and watch on TV. See the ABC link for more information: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-11/anzac-day-around-australia-during-coronavirus-restrictions/12136690
YEAR 12 IMPORTANT DATES
https://youtu.be/qnlQkjqDzb4
Oberon ANZAC Assembly 2020
Please join us for a moment of solidarity, to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice, so we can enjoy the freedoms we have today. During the service there will be a minutes silence and we encourage you all to use this opportunity as a time of quiet reflection, during uncertain times. Please click on the following link to view the Oberon Anzac Assembly:
LANGUAGE NEWS
Education Perfect Languages Competition worldwide competition for students learning a language will take place from 14 May - 21 May. Please take note of these dates! Byte Sized EPLC Competition - Warm Up 2 Last week many students, learning languages, took part in this mini competition and had lots of success. It ran for only 30 minutes, so the results below were amazing! Oberon placed 1st in Australia! Well done to the following students who achieved awards:
Silver Award: Riley Jordan
Bronze Award: Kai Bowie, Henry White
Credit Award: Charlie Gilbert, Romik Ayob, Darby Doherty, Jeremy Palmer, Joshua Palmer, Lucas Waldron, Olivia Gober, Asher Grant, Miriyan Barnes, Ashton Close, Chloe Peacock, Lachlan Sobiech, Chelsea Martin, Ethan Pulman.
“Look out for the next Warm Up competitions!”
Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia Indonesisch
German Bahasa Jerman Deutsch
English Bahasa Inggeris Englisch
Humanities IPS Sozialkunde
Science IPA Naturwissenschaften
Maths Ilmu Pasti Mathematik
Health Kesehatan Gesundheitserziehung
PE PJ Sportunterricht
Sport Olahraga Sport
Computing Komputer Informatik
Drama Drama Drama
Music Musik Musik
Art Kesenian Kunst
Cooking Memasak Kochen
Graphics Grafika Grafik
Sewing Menjahit Nähen
Woodwork Pertukangan kazu Werken
SUBJECTS
LANGUAGES CORNER
This year World Environment Day is on the 5th of June and has the theme “Biodiversity” https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/?c=1 The Oberon Enviro Team have three challenges. You can choose to accept one, two or all three: Challenge One: Sustainable Art Make a piece of artwork using recycled materials only. Your artwork must be of an animal, plant or an ecosystem and made out of recycled materials that you can find at home e.g. plastic bottles and containers, plastic and metal lids, plastic and paper bags, glass jars, scrap paper, material etc. Submit a photo of your piece and a short explanation of its importance/significance. Challenge Two: 60 Second Film Write, direct and produce a one minute (maximum) film that explains why conserving biodiversity is important for the planet and humans. Your film can be any genre you want: documentary, fantasy, action, comedy, musical, dance, animation or horror. Challenge Three: Life Hack Design and make anything using recycled materials that Oberon Students and/or teachers can use as a life hack to BOTH help with living in iso and reduce their environmental impact on the planet. Submit a photo with an explanation about its benefits or a short video showing your life hack and explaining its benefits. Challenges can be completed individually or with a partner or in a small group (remembering to follow quarantine and social distancing rules – therefore you might have to collaborate all on online!). All completed challenges must be emailed to Ms Rusiniak ([email protected]) by Friday 29th of May. Winners will be announced on June 5th, and, YES, there are prizes to win.
What have you been reading while you’ve been at home?
Anything good?
If you are interested in joining a once a week book chat, to share in a group about what you’re reading
please email Ms Monotti ([email protected]) or Ms Fletcher ([email protected])
BOOK CHAT CLUB FOR STUDENTS
MUSIC NEWS
Students in Mr Nicholson’s Year 8 Music class are getting creative at home playing Billie Jean with pots and
pans and salt shakers instead of drums and making music videos.
Oli Van Elst enjoying creating videos at
home
Chaise Mayson
enjoying a home improv
session with her ‘family helpers’
OBERON ENVIRO TEAM WORLD ENVIRONMENT COMPETITION
