School Meetings

July 22nd Fri Parents Club 10.00 am

July 28th Thurs School Council 7.30 pm

Important Dates

The Rochester Review

June 2016

2nd (Thurs) - School Social doors open at 7.30 pm

2nd-3rd (Thurs-Fri) - Year 10 Mock Interviews

7th (Tue) - GAT Year 12 & VCE students 10 am.

7th (Tue) - Report Writing Day (Pupil Free Day)

9th (Thurs) - ‘Keys Please’ Year 10

13th (Mon) - Queens Birthday Holiday

20th (Mon) - Bendigo Art Gallery Excursion

21st (Tue) - DAV Debating 1 - 6 pm

22nd (Wed) - Biolab Excursion - Deakin Geelong

22nd (Wed) - CAS Excursion Melbourne

24th (Fri) - Reports distributed 2.25 pm

24th (Fri) - Last Day Term 2 Early Dismissal 2.30

pm

July 2016

11th (Mon) - First Day of Term 3

Principal’s Report:

Social

Well done and many thanks to our SRC who have done an out-

standing job, under the watchful eye of Mrs Borger, to organise

our school Social tonight. I am sure it will be a colourful and

“fun night”. A few things to consider are:

It will be cold outside the hall so remember to bring some-

thing warm.

Plan thoroughly to be dropped off and picked up at the end

of the night. Doors open at 10pm social finishes at 10.30pm.

Current RSC students ONLY allowed entry.

Dress appropriately and please do not wear anything that

can be perceived as offensive.

Drug and alcohol free event of course.

If you have planned to be picked up there’s really no need

for a phone, I urge students to leave mobile phones at home.

No chewing gum, no glow sticks (when they break fluid can

get in eyes).

No Pass Outs.

Thanks to parents for your support in anticipation.

GAT

Next Tuesday 7th June is a day of no school for students with

the exception of any senior students completing a Unit 3 & 4

subject or an assessed VET course who will complete the Gen-

eral Achievement Test (GAT). Please note that students com-

pleting the GAT will need to make their own arrangements to

get home after the test finishes at 1.15 pm.

All the best to all students completing the GAT, it’s very im-

portant they put their best effort into this test in case they are

unable to complete exam/s later in the year.

New Building Progress

As you know we have been allocated $5m to modernise or re-

build our main wing here at Rochester Secondary College. The

program will take sometime, we will be lucky if any actual

works starts before Christmas but the process has started. We are

currently completing an Asset Management Plan so that we can

be allocated an architect sometime in the next few months. Once

this is done we will have a clearer idea of what might be possi-

ble. Please be aware that parents, staff, students and community

members will have an opportunity to have input into the design-

ing process.

Many thanks for your ongoing support.

Bernie Altmann, Principal

Rochester Secondary College exists to provide quality learning for all in a challenging and nurturing environment.

Volume 557 Issue 1

Thursday 2nd June, 2016

www.rochsec.vic.edu.au

Phone: 54841 844 Fax 54842 348

Year 11 and 12 Netball girls who participated in the Interschool

Netball Competition today at Echuca

Wicked Recycling

Competition

C ongratulations to the following students who were fi-

nalists in the Campaspe Shire Wicked Recycling Com-

petition.

Marnie Lambert with her entry “Recycle Today for a Better

Tomorrow”

Jacky MacDonald – with her entry “Recycle at Home or

School”. A big Congratulations to Melanie McNair for her

poster entry “Reducing Landfill” who won the Schools Cate-

gory. Melanie receives an Apple iPad for her effort.

DAV Debating 2

I n our newsletter dated the 26th May in the DAV Debat-

ing 2 article we incorrectly named Callum Lind as partic-

ipating on this day but it should have read Cody Lind.

Loddon Mallee Region

Cross Country Results

T en students represented the school at the LMR Cross

Country in St Arnaud on Tuesday 31st May.

They braved the icy conditions whilst competing the 3kms

and all performed extremely well in a quality field.

Outstanding results in their respective races were:

Hugh Hamilton 1st Yazmin Hayes 3rd, Zahra Hayes 4th and

Cooper Hamilton 4th .

Congratulations also to Jordan Rochester-Smith 11th, Cassie

Broad 19th, Yolanda Foley 23rd, Macy McCaig 29th and Na-

than Kay.

Thank you to Mr Harris for organising the team, driving the

bus and having a role as an ‘Official.’

Also, thanks to parents, Vicki Hayes and Natalie Foley, who

assisted with the day.

Around the College SRC School Social Tonight

“Around the World”

T he Social is on tonight with doors opening at 7.30 pm.

This is for all students but particularly for our Year

7’s, it is an exciting event and we want them all to

have a great experience. Whether they choose to dress up is

up to them. There will be prizes for ‘best dressed’ at each

year level. As always, the SRC representatives chose our

theme and this year they have gone ‘International’. Cost will

be $3 if in costume or $5 if not in costume. A canteen will

be available to purchase drinks and snacks.

We will have our usual professional security presence and a

dedicated handful of staff who volunteer their time so that our

students can enjoy themselves in a safe and inclusive space.

We request that families make sure that ALL students are

supervised prior to and after the event. Doors reopen at 10 pm

with the Social finishing at 10.30 pm.

Feel free to call Mrs Borger at the College, if you have any

concerns about this evening.

Year 12 Update

O ur Year 12 students are experiencing a particularly

busy time, due to most classes finishing end of se-

mester assessments. The students should be preparing

for all tasks at home by revising notes and completing prac-

tice tasks.

Tuesday 7th June is the GAT, we have sent home information

through all Year 12 students and those Year 11’s undertaking

a Year 12 subject. It is important that students try their best,

as explained in the documents. The GAT starts at 10 am and

goes for three and a quarter hours. Buses will run as normal

but there will be no organised classes for students due to

teachers working on end of semester reports. Please arrange

for students to be picked up after the GAT or make other ar-

rangements.

Thanks for your ongoing support;

Bill Barkla

Senior School Manager

Assistance Available

O ur Welfare team and all the Rochester Secondary

College community are aware of the financial and

emotional difficulties facing local dairy farmers at

the moment. The College has services that can help e.g: visit-

ing Social Worker/Psychologists

Below is a list of some services within the community:

REDHS - 54844 400

HEADSPACE BENDIGO - 54345 345

EHEADSPACE - http://www.eheadspace.org.au

If you would like assistance please contact the school on

54841 844 and your call will be strictly confidential.

Pictured here is Hugh who

came 1st in his race.

Well done Hugh.

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