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Term 2 Issue 14

Principal’s Report “Excellence Through Opportunity”

Dear Parents and Friends,

PLEASE KEEP SATURDAY 29TH AUGUST FREE IN YOUR SOCIAL

CALENDAR UPGRADE TO THE HALL FACILITIES

PARENTS CLUB FUNDRAISING EVENT - BACK TO THE 80’S

IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD While our staff members are doing their best at school, education is a partnership between teachers, parents and students. It is a team effort and we need to work together to achieve the best results. Parents and families help in many ways, by preparing students for school, organising lunches, washing uniforms, helping with homework, participating in classroom programs and supporting events at school. Parents help with canteen, reading, music events, sport and by joining College Council and its sub-committees or the Parents Club to help with fundraising. Thank you all for your continued support and contribution to the education of our students.

PUPIL FREE DAY Yesterday, Wednesday May 20, staff had time to do some learning for themselves. The day consisted of the following topics for all staff:

Compass - Calendar, Chronicle, Learning Tasks and School Resources

Wellbeing – Organisation for the National Disabilities Data Collection,

Mandatory Reporting internal processes, Referral Process for Identifying Students At Risk – Academically.

Student Reporting - 2016 New Student Reporting Template input from staff to

feedback to curriculum subcommittee.

Planning for teaching and learning activities in classrooms.

I would like to thank families for supporting the day by keeping their children at home or making other arrangements for this day to occur. This is greatly appreciated and I am aware of the huge effort that this would take for some families to organise.

Respect Responsibility Resilience Doing Your Best Community

IMPORTANT DATES MAY

21

Yr 12 Business Management to Jamestrong Packaging

Production Rehearsals 3:30-5pm

22

College Open Day

Next Generation Youth Forum - Bundoora

5-12 Assembly

25

Brainstorm presentation Yr 7-9 Period 5

Pulse Radio Project Class - visit local businesses in Kyabram

26

Yr 7-12 Netball at Kyabram

Production Rehearsals 3:30-5pm

27

Mick Coventry visit to Gr 5-6 Period 3 & 4

VCE/VCAL Info Evening

28

Immunisations Year 7

GV Health & Uni of Melbourne Shepparton Excursion

Production Rehearsals 3:30-5pm

29

Primary Book Club orders due

JUNE

1

Waranga Yr 5-6 Winter Sport

2

P-12 Regional Cross Country

4-6

College Production - Joseph

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5/6 SWIMMING PROGRAM It gave me great pleasure to attend the fully funded swimming program run by Life Saving Victoria last Friday morning. It was great to see the students having a good time with many valuable lessons being learnt about swimming and playing in and near water. I saw students being taught how to save themselves and others, what the coloured flags are at beaches, what to do when a boat catches fire on the river, what to do when the boat capsizes and how to save the life of someone who is in trouble in the water, without risking your own life, just to name a few activities. There are 34 students that have been attending this swimming program every Friday since the start of this term and the improvement that is being shown by the students is incredible. Thank you to Mr Peter Tindale for his leadership in making this opportunity possible for these students. The program is an all-round swimming program that not only teaches the students to swim correctly but also to teach good decision making skills when near water, and life saving techniques to rescue themselves or others when in trouble in the water.

COLLEGE COUNCIL BRIEFS At College Council on Tuesday night this week the following was approved:

Channels will be published fortnightly (see more details in this edition of Channels)

Channels will be emailed where possible, using the technology we have available and saving costs.

A positive 2015 college budget that assists students to achieve their best.

The receipt of a letter from the department that approves the Year 9 building to be kept at Kyabram P-12

College until at least the end of 2016.

Eftpos Banking and Internet Banking Policies.

The deposit of $100 000 in to the Kyabram Bendigo Community Bank Branch.

An application for six year 9 students to attend the Alpine Camp in 2016 to be submitted.

A new subject to be offered in 2016 – Foundation English at year 10.

For the playground at the closed Dawes Campus to be tendered to interested community members /

organisations.

Support for Parents Club to conduct a fundraiser on Saturday 29th August 2015 for an upgrade to the hall

facilities.

The supply and selling of a Kyabram P-12 College sports polo to be sold through Bennett’s Independent

Sports store.

To engage the uniform suppliers to look at an alternative grey pant for the girls in Years 5-12.

College Council also began discussions about the future direction of our school. If you have any thoughts about this please talk to or email any of our College Council members, you can also just email the school and that will be passed on. Stuart Bott College Principal

Business Manager’s Report Jan Prior

CAMPS, SPORTS & EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF) This week the College received information from the Department of Education around the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund which has now been released by the Government. This means that we will be able to continue to support our eligible families with the Kyabram P-12 College Family Support Program and now also the CSEF which will be in place for eligible students till the end of Year 12. School camps provide children with inspiring experiences in the great outdoors, excursions encourage a deeper understanding of how the world works and sports teach teamwork, discipline and leadership. All are part of a healthy curriculum. CSEF will be provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

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If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. The allowance will be paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions, or sporting activities for the benefit of your child. The annual CSEF amount per student will be: • $125 for primary school students • $225 for secondary school students. How to Apply Please contact the College office to obtain a CSEF application form or download from www.education.vic.gov.au/csef Closing Date Please return your CSEF application form at the school by 26

th June 2015. For more information

about the CSEF visit www.education.vic.gov.au/csef If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact either myself or the Office Team.

CHANNELS GOES FORTNIGHTLY After receiving feedback from Parents in the recent Communication survey, the College Council have made the decision to send out the College Newsletter, ‘Channels’, fortnightly. Channels will be emailed to families via the ‘Compass’ Portal link which can be found on the College Website or at: https://kyabramp-12.vic.jdlf.com.au/. Channels will also continue to be printed for those families who would prefer this. The College Calendar and upcoming reminder of dates will continue to be sent out to families every week as parents felt that this was the most valuable part of our Newsletter. Copies of Channels will also continue to be available at either the Primary or the Secondary Campus Offices. If you would like a printed copy of Channels to be sent home with your Primary aged student, please complete and return the Channels reply slip below.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANNELS REPLY SLIP

Yes please, I would like a printed copy of Channels sent home with my

Primary aged child Name _________________________________________ Student Name _________________________________________ Grade / Teacher _________________________________________

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P-6 Assistant Principal Report David Jenner

ASSEMBLY At this week’s assembly we had two items which were well received by our College Community. It was great to see so many visitors attend. Emily Bassett (Yr 9) presented a PowerPoint presentation in regards to her recent trip to Gallipoli for the ANZAC Service. A big thank you Emily for teaching our younger students about your experience here. Our second item was a sneak preview of our 2015 College Production - Joseph. Congratulations to our students here for their wonderful performance. Joseph will run at the Plaza Theatre on the 4

th 5

th 6

th June. Tickets for Joseph

are on sale at our main office and any children under Primary age are free entry.

MATHS TIPS FOR PARENTS – GR 4 TO 6 In last week’s Channels I included Maths tip for parents of children aged Kindergarten to Year 3. This week’s focus is for parents of children aged grades 4 to 6:-

1. Connect maths to daily life. Let your kids know the importance of maths in day-to-day living. Talk about the

ways you use maths in your job and around the house. Show them a tax form or how you pay the bills. Ask them how they used maths during the day.

2. Practise mental maths using coins. For example, show that a certain item costs a certain amount and ask

what coins are needed to pay for it.

3. Play games together. Show them maths can be fun and exciting. Play family games to add excitement to

maths activities, like chess or checkers or games in the car such as maths bingo or adding licence plate numbers. Lots of board games need maths such as Junior Monopoly® or play card games such as Uno®.

4. Cooking can be counting fun! Get older children involved in helping out at dinner time and let them help

measure ingredients for dishes or estimate the number of potatoes that are needed to feed everyone.

5. Play the estimating game. Ask your kids to estimate measurements, distances, time and

grocery bills. Be sure to compare the estimate with actual. Or get them to guess how much the apples you are going to buy will weigh and then take them to the scale in the grocery store and find out.

6. Perform time calculations. For example, make up a sentence and ask your child to recite it as many times as

possible in 15 seconds. Then ask how many times it could be repeated in 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, etc.

7. Use common toys to understand maths concepts. Build a tower from blocks. Count the blocks. Then talk

about the need for a base of the right size and the stability it creates.

8. Sports and maths. There is a lot of maths used in sports: batting averages, points per game, save

percentages – these are maths terms that a sports enthusiast will love. If you watch a game with your child, read the newspaper report together sometime the next day and talk about the maths concepts.

9. Computers + maths = fun. There are great computer games available for maths–ask your librarian or check

out your local computer store. Make sure they are "parent approved". There are also super websites that have fun maths games, so do an Internet search for sites and bookmark them for future use.

10.Measuring made easy. Estimate and measure the area of different shapes. For example, use small square

objects (plastic tiles, dice, etc.) to estimate then measure how many are needed to fill the area of various flat surfaces such as a magazine cover.

PLEASE KEEP TIDY The Prep-2 team would love it if children and their parents could please tidy up the play area that has been used during assembly time, before leaving. Thank you for your support and understanding here!

COOKIES On Tuesday, 2

nd June a Year 11 Business Management class will be delivering cookies to the year 3-6

students. Order forms have been sent home and are due back with money on Friday 22nd

May. Cookies will be selling for $1.50 each.

Book Club Issue 4 of Book Club has been sent home and is due back by Friday, May 29th. This is a short turnaround due to the up coming Book Fair. Thanks, Cheryl and Anna

P-4 Awards

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Father - Child Night When: Thurs 11

th

June - Please note change of date

Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm Where: Prep-2 Building Cost: Free!

For Dads (or another significant male) and children in P-2. Pizza and chips for tea. This will be a fun night of games and tea for P-2 children with their Dads (or another significant male). The purpose of the night is to celebrate and encourage the important role that fathers have in the lives of our children. A personal invitation will be sent home closer to the date.

Scholastic Primary Book Fair Cheryl Child

The annual Scholastic Book Fair is just around the corner - Monday 15th June until Friday 19th June. This Fair gives parents and students an opportunity to see and purchase books where the profits will come back into the school. There will be a variety of books and items at great prices. More information to come.

5/6 News Yesterday, Wednesday, marked the half-way point of this very busy term and the 5/6 team is working hard with a number of events on the go. Last week we completed our NAPLAN testing of Year 5 students and this week began our “On-Demand” testing of literacy and numeracy for both Year 5 and Year 6 students. Students are very excited to see their personal improvement in testing results since Term 1. The “Healthy Living” projects are nearing their due date and there will be some extra time allowed in class next week to get these projects completed and handed in before the end of May. Persuasive writing tasks will be finalised over the next ten days and students will be handing in their “images of Australia” verses in poetry over the next week. We have a special guest, Mick Coventry, visiting studios over the next few weeks to give us some insight into the writing and reciting of Australian bush poetry. Mr Ross and Miss Bradley hope that several students will be inspired to enter the Poetry Recital competition in Term 3. Public speaking is also on the cards with a short unit of work being presented to students over the last few weeks of term. The Lions Public Speaking competition will be held early next term so we are looking for inspired young orators to develop a short speech on a topic of their choice. If your child enjoys public speaking then this event might be of interest to them – see Mr Ross for more details. National Storytelling time will be held on Friday 29

th May in period 3, with Year 11 students coming to read to groups

of our students. What a great opportunity for some cross-age tutoring!

AWARDS

Doing Your Best: Charli B, Rory-Lee W, Alex W, Declan G, Liam S, Harley G, Jordan C, Zac M, Shiloh B Resilience: Olivia L, Faye C, Tyler N Community: Summer M, Ella R, Jack R, Lucas K, Emma P, Hannah P Respect: Responsibility: Sienna B, Brooke O, Bek L, Brayden C, John M, Luke T, Allana K

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Winter Sports Day is coming up on 1st June, and there are excursions to Quantum for all classes throughout June.

Report writing day will be held on Friday, 12th June, and parent-teacher interviews will be held in the following week.

We have noticed some strange uniform items coming to school with the advent of colder weather. If you are experiencing difficulty with the purchase of uniform please contact the finance office of the college to see if there might be some help available. Enjoy the last few days of autumn – winter is almost upon us!

7-12 Principal Report

Danny Walsh UNIFORM

I would like to thank parents and families for their support in ensuring that their child is wearing the correct college uniform. The students look great in their uniform and we really do look like a cohesive, high quality learning community. Hoodies are not permitted even if underneath their school jumper. Another jumper can be worn underneath if necessary, as long as it doesn’t stick out from under the school jumper. If there is an occasion/day where your child is unable to wear their correct uniform, we ask that parents please provide a note to the school to explain this.

LEARNING CURVE NEWSLETTER ARTICLE Harassment Wellbeing Element – Relationships and Optimism Character Strength – Hope Every member of the school community has the right to feel a sense of belonging, security and comfort at school. No one can be allowed to deny any person this right and it is important that all students have a real awareness of what harassment is, whether as a victim or as a perpetrator. Harassment in any form cannot and should not be tolerated. The capacity to build relationships, learn collaboratively and have empathy for others are important lifelong personal attributes which should to be nurtured in our students. The presence of harassment in any environment can have a debilitating effect on the acquisition of these personal attributes and qualities. There are many forms of harassment, including physical, verbal, electronic, emotional, and sexual. All must be addressed as soon as they occur; they won’t just go away and may escalate into bullying. Also, the harassers need assistance to raise self-awareness of their unacceptable behaviours in order to become self-correcting to modify how they treat people. At times we may have to explicitly teach certain students how to treat other people appropriately because they have had no positive role models in their lives from which to learn. In today’s society, school is very often the most stable and safe environment for many students and maintaining this must be a high priority within the school community. Developing students’ preparedness and willingness to realise that it is their right to speak up if they are being harassed or bullied is essential in building their Strengths and Control element of wellbeing and resiliency. Initiating frank and proactive dialogue, both at school and at home, on this destructive issue and then following up with immediate and decisive action will see harassment diminish in our schools.

YARD MAINTENANCE WORK If you are available to assist with clean up/maintenance at the College could you please contact me by email (walsh.daniel.m@edumail.vic.edu.au) or by phoning the College. We have a number of areas that require attention such as painting, pruning, edging and brushcutting.

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Year 9- 11 - Subject Selections for 2016 On Wednesday, May 27

th at 7pm the VCE and VCAL Course Selection Information evening will be held in the 10-

12 Building. This night is for Year 9 students who wish to fast track a Year 11 subject as part of their Year 10 course and for Year 10 students going into Year 11. Any Year 11 student is also welcome to attend. On this night Year 10 students will sign up for course counselling sessions and learn about the new application process to study the VCAL program. On the night, Domains will have displays and teachers available to speak to students and parents about particular subjects they may be interested in for 2016. VET providers from outside the school such as Go TAFE and KCLC will also be in attendance. Monday June 1

st Periods 1-3 - all Year 10 students will be involved in a Round Robin of VCE and VCAL subjects.

Tuesday June 2

nd – Year 11 into Year 12 course counselling. This will be a pupil free day for all Year 11 students

but they are required to attend an interview with a course counsellor for subject selections. Students who do not sign up for course counselling cannot be guaranteed their subjects of choice. Monday June 15

th – Year 10 into Year 11 course counselling. This will be a pupil free day for all Year 10 students

but they are required to attend an interview with a course counsellor for subject selections. Students who do not sign up for course counselling cannot be guaranteed their subjects of choice. If you are unable to make the dates listed above please contact the 10-12 Learning Community Leader, Louise Mellington on 5851 2100 to arrange an alternative session.

Year 7-9 Community Report Year 7 and 8 will complete a Bullying survey this week. These surveys enable students to inform us about concerns that they may not be able to speak to us about. These surveys are confidential. All 7-9 students will be watching a performance in our hall called Verbal Combat during period 5 next Monday, May 25

th. Parents are welcome to attend.

Year 8 Drama students have been involved in developing their vocal expression and storytelling skills with preps this week. All students enjoyed their hour and will be returning on a regular basis to develop their voice, confidence and work with our preps to improve their reading. If you need more information regarding how to use Compass, please contact the College for help. Compass is a great way for us to communicate and receive accurate information regarding daily and future events.

Cross Country Campaspe Cross Country was held in Echuca on Tuesday of this week. There were 27 students who ran 3km or 5km in wet conditions with eight students placed in the top 10 with more results to be announced soon. Well done to all students on representing our school.

CANTEEN

PRIMARY CAMPUS

MAY Mon 25 Jo Doolan Tue 26 Sharon Pell Wed 27 Terrie-Anne Coburn Thur 28 Claire Perrella Fri 29 Cara Behncke

SECONDARY CAMPUS MAY

10:30-11:45am 1:00-2:15pm

Mon 25 Kylie Dixon Help Please Tue 26 Leanne Sloan Help Please Wed 27 Help Please Help Please Thur 28 Help Please Marlene Rodrick Fri 29 Help Please Help Please

COLLEGE NEWS

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ABSENCE LINE

5853 2607 PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE TO ADVISE IF YOUR CHILD IS,

OR WILL BE, ABSENT Open 24 hours 7 days

We are required to have verification of all student absences. For your convenience we have an absence hotline where you can leave a recorded message. You

may choose to write a note or leave a message in your child’s planner or record it on Compass. Thank you for your cooperation with this.

Second Hand Uniform Parents’ Club have set up a second hand uniform shop catering for all students in the school from Prep to Year 12. Uniforms will be available at a much lower price than they can be bought for new. If your child has outgrown any of their uniform or is leaving the school, you may choose to donate the uniform to the Parents’ Club outright or you may offer pieces on consignment, with a proportion of the sale price being returned to you. Money raised by the Parents’ Club is used in the school to improve facilities and support programs - we hope the uniform shop will be a source of funds for them to continue their invaluable work in our school. Uniforms for the shop may be left at any College office - please label clearly whether they are a donation or on consignment and if the latter, the amount you require for them. For anyone interested in coming to have a look at what is available, the uniform shop will be open each Friday from 8:45 to 9:15am in the Primary Campus Office.

Congratulations Chloe and Leonie! Congratulations to Chloe Harvie and Leonie Harding, who last week graduated from LaTrobe University, Bendigo. Chloe received her Bachelor of Education, while Leonie received her Master of Education degree. Leonie taught Chloe at Kyabram P-12 in Year 12, and now Chloe is teaching Prep, while Leonie is teaching in the Secondary campus. Well done, and congratulations from the Kyabram P-12 community.

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3 Step Guide Helping Kids to Calm

A Five Minute Writing Exercise to Help Kids Feel Less Worried and More Confident. There are lots of things we can do to help kids calm themselves.  One of the most important – and sometimes forgotten – is to help them come up with some actual words and phrases that they can repeat to themselves in times of stress. Words are powerful. Phrases which remind children that they can cope, things aren’t terrible, they have a plan and there are good things in life  can be incredible calming tools for children.

Here is a 3 step guide for parents and teachers to  help children develop ‘calm sentences’: 1. First, find out details about the worry.  Dig. Ask questions like ‘What could be the worst thing about that?’, ‘What

might go wrong there?’, ‘What is the scariest thing about that?’, ‘Do you think something bad could happen with that?’ etc.   Write these down  on a piece of paper in front of the child.

2. Then say:  “Now I understand your worries,  let’s think of some calm words which you  can  remember when you  have these worries.  Together we are going to think of four different types of calm  sentences.  Here are the four types”:

THIS IS NOT LIKELY BECAUSE…calm  sentences I CAN COPE BECAUSE… calm  sentences I HAVE A PLAN …calm  sentences SOMETHING HELPFUL TO REMEMBER IS…calm  sentences To help the child think of some  NOT LIKELY sentences  about their worry, ask them how many times this has happened in their life, how often it has happened to someone else, and what are things that make this unlikely.  Write these answers down, for example: This has never/rarely happened before. This is unlikely because… To help the child think of some I CAN COPE  statements, ask the child, “Why is this not a catastrophe?”, “Why are there WORSE things that could happen, why can you cope with this?”,  “Why are there some good things about this?”. Write these answers down: I can cope with this because… This is not the end of the world because… To come up with I have A PLAN statements, ask the child, “If this did happen, what could you do?”,  “How would you manage this?”,  “What would be your next step?”.  These sentences could be: Even if this happens, I would… If that happened, I could…

COMMUNITY MATTERS

Sorry Day Invitation to the Kyabram community to share in the Shepparton Sorry Day commemoration.

“An apology begins the Healing process. It means an understanding, a willingness to enter into the suffering It implies a commitment to do more” The Late Sir Ronald Wilson

10:45 am Gather Monash Park Rose Garden 11:00 am – 11:45 am Sorry Day Commemoration

Followed by a Commemorative Walk along Fryers St to La Trobe University. A BBQ lunch will be provided at the Monash Park (next to Senior Citizens Clubrooms) To help with catering for the BBQ, please reply by Friday May 22

nd

brodie.humphreys@shepparton.vic.gov.au Enquiries: Bobby 0434 279 653 Dierdre 5821 6600

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To come up with SOMETHING HELPFUL TO REMEMBER sentences, ask the child, “What else is helpful to remember about this scary thing?”,  “What people are around to help you?”,  “What is something positive that is happening for you?”,  and “What might you learn from this situation?”.  For example: This person cares about me… The good thing about this is…. Remember to make all of these sentences short. You are aiming for one sentence dot points – simple language that is easy for the child to say to themselves when they are worried. Once you have your list of calm sentences, ask your child to put them in a place they can see them.  Ask the child to read them out before worrying situations.  Ask the child to read them before bed.  Get them to draw a picture next to each one. Worried kids have worried thoughts.  We need to help them add in another perspective.  This is an exercise that does that, and it can make a big difference to children’s wellbeing. By Kirrilie Smout, Clinical Psychologist Specialising in supporting Kids and Teens Kirrilie helps kids and teens develop resilience, cope better, stay calm and get through tough times. More information, free articles and resources for teachers and parents can be found at www.developingminds.net.au Bronwen Lolicato Student Wellbeing 7-12

COLLEGE CALENDAR

~ May 2015 ~

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

17

18

19

Secondary

Cross Country in

Echuca

Production

Rehearsals 3:30

-5pm

20

PUPIL FREE DAY

21

Yr 12 Business

Management to

Jamestrong

Packaging

Production

Rehearsals 3:30-

5pm

22

Next Generation Youth Forum at Latrobe Uni Bundoora 5-12 Assembly

College Open Day

23

24

25

Brainstorm Presentation Yr 7-9 Pulse Radio Project class visit to local businesses in Kyabram

26

Yr 7-12 Netball

at Kyabram

Production

Rehearsals 3:30

-5pm

27

Mick Coventry visit to Gr 5-6 period 3&4

VCE / VCAL Information

Evening in 10-12 Building 7pm-9pm

28

Year 7

Immunisations

GV Health & Uni

of Melb

Shepparton

Excursion

Production

Rehearsals 3:30

-5pm

29

Echuca/Campaspe Netball Tournament - Primary Primary Book Club orders due back

30

EDUCATION WEEK

~ June 2015 ~

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Waranga Year 5-6 Winter Sports at Kyabram

2

P-12 Regional Cross Country at St. Arnaud

3

4

5

6

7

8

Queen’s Birthday Holiday

9

10

Junior Soccer at Moama

11

Primary Father/Child Night at Prep/1/2 Building 6-7:30pm

12

Report Writing Day

13

14

15

16

Parent/Teacher Interviews for Primary

17

18

Parent/Teacher Interviews for Primary

Intermediate Football at

Moama

19

20

College Production - Joseph

Year 12 Melbourne Trip

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M & S Group Accounting

JAG Plumbing Subway

Kyabram Bakery

Walker Real Estate

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Dunstall Rural Supplies

McConnell Real Estate

Kyvalley Farms Milk

Salter’s Panel Repairs