Timboon P-12 Newsletter
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28th July 2017 22 Winners are grinners - Timboon P12 domination! PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Congratulations to Heidi Stansfield and Emily Morden, who competed at the State Cross Country Finals last Thursday. Outstanding, girls – we are very proud of you! Congratulations to our Year 6 and Year 7 debating teams on taking out first place in the Warrnambool Eisteddfod Debating competition this week. Each team was made up of the following team members: Year 6 Team A: Olive Andrew, Matisse Fitzpatrick, Tahlia Berry & Akisha Cuthell – 1st place Year 6 Team B: Ava Bentley, Addie Reeve, William st Banks and Daniel Shanahan – 1 place (Best debate of the section) Year 7: Emily Delaney, Lara Brown, Miller Clarke Our VCAL curriculum caravan continues to gain momentum: and Lucy Jones – 1st place Adrian and Thomas completing the restoration of the A big thank you to Terry O’Connor, Julie Broomhall and wheels supporting staff for their time and efforts to prepare our students. Thomas servicing the brakes, hubs & bearings Sam restoring the draw bar Adrian and Sam have prepared the leaf springs, th VCE/VCAL/VET Information Evening, 16 August, 7pm, 5- shackles, wind-down wheels and the entry step 8 Building: This information session is designed to provide Oscar, Mitchell and Casey completing the students and families with important information internal trimming regarding the requirements of the VCE/VCAL/VET Zoe completing sponsorship letters certificates as well the opportunity begin mapping out their Chloe, Aimie (pictured below with Chloe’s father future direction. All Year 10 and 11 students will participate Damien), Chelsea and Joanne completing the in subject counselling following this process. undercoat painting On Tuesday 25th July we hosted our 2018 prep enrolment The VCAL students have managed to gain sponsorship for morning. This event was well-attended and provided this project including prospective parents with an opportunity to gain support in completing the enrolment process. Painting & decorating – Damien Kenny Snaauws kitchens McClaren Sheetmetal popular sport, particularly given the current weather. Please contact me if you can help out. Our English staff will be completing a day of professional learning this Friday. This will focus on team development, data analysis and future teaching focus for the outcomes of our students. Finally, well done to our basketballers and debaters this week. They all did well representing our school with commitment and respect, values I see enacted each day at our school. NEXT TUESDAY 1ST AUGUST IS A STUDENT FREE DAY (staff curriculum planning) And remember: “It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform.” - Roy T. Bennett August: 1st Student free day (curriculum planning) 4th Year 3/4 Hooptime 10th P-6 Cultural performance 11th- 4th Year 5/6 Hooptime 14th- 18th Science week 18th- 4th Year 3/4 Hooptime 24th P-6 parent teacher interviews 25th 7-12 parent teacher interviews SEAN FITZPATRICK PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT With the end of Week 2 fast approaching it is important that our students are attending regularly and making the most of their time in class. Although cold and wet, we still need to see students DAN WALKER, in their school uniforms. There are polar fleece jumpers, school 7-12 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL jackets and beanies all available through Lowes. These can be ordered online or purchased from the store. Thanks to families and students who continue to support the school uniform policy – our students look fantastic in their uniforms. If there are any families who need assistance with purchasing uniform items Year 3 – Camp Kangaroobie please contact me. Well done to all Year 3s, Mr Berry, Ms Ludeman and Mrs Hawkins for surviving the challenges of Camp Kangaroobie. Highlights from Just a reminder about the school mobile phone policy. Mobile the children included the obstacle and ropes courses, the hunter, phones are permitted at school but they must be kept in lockers. herbivores and carnivores game, hut building, the night walk If they are seen in class, between classes or at recess or lunch then through the bush, playing on the farm and kissing the pigs they will be asked for and taken to the front office where students bottom, and of course, the hot chocolate and chocolate pudding. can collect them at the end of the day. If this happens twice then I’m booking my spot for next year, hopefully! Thank you must go a parent will be requested to pick the phone up from school. to Andrew, Linda and Pam for giving up their time to attend, What we see in students who aren't on their phones are people especially to Pam as the camp coordinator this year. They looked who engage with their peers face to face, further improving the expectantly tired when they returned on Friday. tone of our school. Pictured are our Year 7 students playing table tennis at recess. They continue to towel teachers up, particularly myself. If any families have a table tennis table they are not using anymore and are willing to donate it would be greatly appreciated. It is a very You got to work as a team to build the best hut. – Lachlan D We got muddy and dirty in the Obstacle Course. We could also swim in the dam if we liked. It was fantastic! – Evie I liked the Loch Ard Gorge because I learnt new things when Paul told us about the wreck. – Kayla My favourite activity was the Ropes Course, because I’m always pretty keen on swinging and climbing. – Hugh I enjoyed the Obstacle Course because we had to work as a team to get through. – Ashlinn At Loch Ard Gorge, we were all intrigued by Paul’s speech about the Loch Ard crash. – Ronan Above: a before shot of the campers, on a lovely sunny morning. A report from the students and more photos is later in the newsletter. Year 6 Debating I’m very proud to say that both our teams were victorious in their debates on Tuesday. Credit not only goes to the students: Addie, Ava, William, Daniel, Olive, Matisse, Tahlia and Akisha, but also to Julie Broomhall and Terry O’Connor for all the hours of work they spent on teaching the students how to debate, the structure of a debate and then fine tuning their team’s presentation. Thank you. Thank you must also go to the Elderly Citizens and the Grade 5/6 classes for being great audiences for the teams to practise in front of. Thank you to parents who supported the teams on the day and to Mrs Moriarty for all her organisation. Hooptime I have been speaking with several very excited Year 3 students who are hoping to make their debut in the up-coming Hooptime basketball teams. Mr Venn is busy coordinating the four days, with the school entering two teams of Rookies and All Stars on each day, Year 3/4 and 5/6. Mr Matthews and Miss Holmes will be supporting coaches; with students training hard in their PE and sport sessions. Good luck to everyone and give it your best. Kinder Transition We had a wonderful attendance to our Enrolment Briefing on Tuesday morning, with 30 families taking up the opportunity to fill-in their enrolment forms. I want to remind new families that a tour of the school can be arranged with Sean or me, so please don’t hesitate to contact us. With the new building well underway, it is an exciting time to look around and try to picture Grade 6 Debating what we will look like under the new building plan. What a pleasure and honour it was attending the Warrnambool Wet weather Eisteddfod Debating Competition on Tuesday, watching smartly When it is wet and the ovals are looking a little muddy, we do ask dressed Year 6 students up on stage and hearing our school’s two students to stay off the grassed areas. However, it is inevitable highly efficient debating teams deliberate their viewpoints to a that some will still get dirty, so can I ask that spare clothes be mesmerised audience at Mozart Hall. The quality of content and placed in your child’s bag for them to change into if need be. Our expressive speeches was a credit to the students and their second-hand clothing supply for emergency situations is very coaches/mentors. Congratulations to all involved with endless depleted at the moment, so if anyone has some of the smaller hours of preparation and dedication applied to reach such a high size track pants or jumpers, we would greatly appreciate any standard and as a result become winners of their debating rounds donations. on the day. GILL HAMPSON A huge thanks goes out to Terry O’Connor and Julie Broomhall for P-6 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL giving up their time and energy, to inspire and guide these students through this debating experience. A very special thanks Year 3: Kangaroobie Camp, 2017 to parents, grandparents and siblings that patiently listened to The Obstacle Course was the best because Mrs Hawkins squirted debate passages being practised at home and to those who could us with the hose. – Rileigh attend this debating event; your presence meant the world to The Ropes Course was the best because its not about saying ‘I these keen debaters. don’t want to work with you guys’, its about working as a team to Timboon P-12 Team B: Addie Reeve, Ava Bentley, William Banks help everyone through. – Tayne and Daniel Shanahan gained first place in The Best Debating Team The Ropes Course was the best because we had to work together Performance Competition.