The St. Arnaud Secondary College

Weekly Newsletter 1st February, 2019

St. Arnaud Secondary College is a Child Safe School.

Welcome Year 7 students!!

Principal’s Report

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Welcome and Welcome back

On Wednesday, along with our Year 11 and 12 students, we welcomed 18 of our 21 Year 7 class to the College. It was

great to see the number of parents who came to the school with their children, and there was possibly a tear or two but it

was a very positive start to the day. Thursday saw the Year 8 to 10 students start back and the school was full once again.

On a staff front, we welcomed Mr Craig Huggins who is our new IT-Network Manager and he has been busy finding his

way around our network.

School Leaders

There have been some changes in responsibilities and who to contact at the College for this year, which are outlined below.

Principal Tony Hand Assistant Principal Vanessa McCormick

Leading Teacher

Curriculum

Leading Teacher PD

Calvin Taylor

Russell Marland Yr 7/8 Coordinator

Yr 7/8 Assistant

Russell Marland

Brylea Swanton

Yr 9/10 Coordinator

Yr 9/10 Assistant

Trudie Jackson

Sue Upton Yr 12 Coordinator

Yr 11 Coordinator

David Reynolds

Clinton Lobley

Student Welfare Rosanne Chapman College Chaplain Guy Langsford

School Captains

I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and congratulate our College Captains and Vice Captains who

were announced at Presentation Evening last year. I look forward to working with Captains, Anthony Brown and Olivia

Feeny and Vice Captains Tiana Proctor and Cindy Wiseman, along with all of the Year 12 class over the next 9 months.

Start of year – with a busy Term 1

There has been a slight hold up with the delivery of some of our Laptops, but we are still hopeful of having them ready for

distribution around week 3. Our network is undergoing some transformation which should allow much easier access and

more reliability to the network.

Year 11 and 12 Information Evening

We are holding our Year 11 and 12 student and parent information night next week, Wednesday, 6 February at 6pm. The

night will be focussed on giving a general rundown of what will be expected in the year ahead and outlining subject specific

information which will hopefully help parents, help their children at home during the year. We are clearly focussing on

giving every student the best opportunity for success and this night is aimed at helping form a strong home and school

relationship, and there is the expectation that every student will attend with a parent.

Year 7 Welcome BBQ

A letter has gone out in regard to the Year 7 Parent Welcome BBQ which will be held at the College on Thursday, February

7 from 6pm. This will be a great opportunity for parents and staff to get to know each other as this is a vital partnership in

each child’s education. I hope to see you there.

Investiture Day

We are holding our annual Investiture Day on Monday, February 11. Continuing on from the success of last year, we will

be holding the service at the Town Hall and in conjunction with St. Arnaud Primary School. The service will be from 1:45

to 2:45 and all formal student Leadership positions will be recognised. All family and community members are invited

and encouraged to attend.

House Swimming Sports

The inter-house swimming sports are scheduled for Friday, 15 February. This is a normal school day for attendance and

students will have periods 1 and 2 as timetabled and the first race will start at 11:30am. Students will be spoken to about

attendance and participation, or at least supporting their House mates. Parents club will be running a BBQ. I would

encourage as many parents as possible to come and support their children.

Year 8 Camp

On February 18, or week 4, the Year 8 students will be heading off to Rubicon for their annual camp.

Tony Hand

Prinicpal

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Year 7 students first day pics.

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Our first Year 7 Textiles lesson was all about looking at how we can create clothes or body covering using different themes. In this session, small teams created a wrapped Christmas present, a cowboy/western style Sherriff, a man in a tuxedo, a bride and a mermaid! As a group, we discussed how to use our scissors and equipment safely and overall, the students had fun designing and working together to make these wonderful creations.

Year 7 Textiles Lesson

MUSIC NEWS

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Good news for the College – the Instrumental Music Program will continue to be funded by the South West Victoria Region this year. The allocation provides for twelve lessons over three days. As this program is the only Music subject offered in 2019, it is anticipated that demand for places will be high. Any student in any year may nominate to study an instrument, free of charge, except for hire fees associated with wind instruments. Mr Anthony Briggs will continue as the College’s teacher of Music. Parents and guardians are encouraged to discuss the suitability of practical music with their children, and return the nomination form available in next week’s Newsletter. We look forward to a musical year!

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Notices

The St Arnaud Uniting Church

Debutante Ball Committee

Hello!

The St. Arnaud Uniting Church Debutante Ball Committee is inviting all young ladies of

Year 11 to show an expression of interest for the 2019 Debutante Ball, if they haven’t

already done so.

The date is yet to be confirmed, but we are asking for and accepting names and contact

details in preparation for this year’s Ball.

Once names have been confirmed, there will be update sheets sent out at intervals to

also keep information moving along, and the St. Arnaud Debutante Ball Facebook page

will be opened to Debs, Partners and Parents, for the purpose of keeping up to date with

all things Deb too.

If you could please return the information slip below to Lisa Esmore at the Apex Service

Station, or Alison Darby at MCL Legal, that would be much appreciated.

Thank you and see you at the Deb!

The St. Arnaud Uniting Church Committee

Lisa Esmore, Alison Darby, Maxine Reid, Jenny Brown, Jennae Polkinghorne 0400 015 051 0429 695 333 0439 066 872 0422 134 033 0409 579 788

2019 ST ARNAUD UNITING CHURCH DEBUTANTE BALL EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Debutante___________________________________________________________

Contact Ph No_______________________________________________________

Parent/s____________________________________________________________

Parent Contact Ph No_________________________________________________

Partner_____________________________________________________________

Partner’s Ph No_______________________________________________________

Parent/s____________________________________________________________

Parent Contact Ph No_________________________________________________

Thank You!

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Term 1 2019 Semester 1

February Wed 6 VCE/VCAL Info Night 6.30-8pm

Thurs 7 Year 7 BBQ 6pm

Mon 11 Investiture Day (pm)

MIPS

Wed 13 Year 7 Immunisations

Fri 15 House Swimming

Mon 18 MIPS

Mon 18-22 Year 8 Rubicon Camp

Wed 27 MIPS

March Fri 1 Year 11 & 12 Ecolinc Excursion

Mon 4 NCD Swimming

Thurs 7 NCD Triathlon—Boort

Mon 11 Labour Day Holiday

Wed 13 MIPS

Wed-Fri 13-15 Year 7 Camp

Mon 18

18-20

School Photos

Year 11 OED—Apollo Bay Camp Pd 5

Thurs 21 LMR Swimming—Swan Hill

Mon 25 Staff SIT - Pupil Free Day

Tues 26 MIPS

Wed 27 House Athletics

April Tues-Fri 2-5 Year 9/10 Urban Camp

Fri 5 Last Day of Term

Term 2 Semester 1

Tues 22 School Resumes

Wed 24 SSV—State Swimming Melbourne

Thurs 25 ANZAC DAY HOLIDAY

May Wed 1 Year 10 Immunisations

Mon 6 Year 12 OED—Torquay Camp leaves Sunday

Mon 13 House Cross Country