Hilltop News DIMBOOLA MEMORIAL SECONDARY COLLEGE

“DEEDS NOT WORDS” Phone: 53891460 www.dmsc.vic.edu.au dimboola.memorial.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au Fax: 53891981

Anne Gawith – Principal.

President – Lisa Polycarpou, Vice President – Lynley Robinson

Treasurer - Sally Klinge, Parent Reps – Teresa Smith, Neil Zippel, Kellie Laverty

Community Rep - Tony Schneider, Kaylee Withers (student), RSL Rep - Rhonda Huf

DET Rep’s – Kerrie Clarke, Charlotte Pyers, Student Rep’s – Jessica Revell, Amy Zippel

May 8th 2018

“DMSC is a Child Safe school”

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Respect Honesty Excellence Care Freedom

May 11 Curriculum Day – No students at school May 14 Little Desert Cross Country – Kaniva May 28-29 Year 9/10 ODE Camp Jun 1 Intermediate football/netball Jun 4 Western Conference Cross Country – Warrnambool

Jun 7 Little Desert Year 8 AFL9s/Netball – Horsham Jun 11 Queen’s Birthday Holiday – No School Jun 12-15 Exams Year 9-12 Jun 22 Little Desert Yr 7 AFL9s/Netball – Horsham Jun 22 Yr 7-9 Excursion to Melbourne Museum Jun 26 Careers Expo Jun 29 Last day Term 2, 2.30pm Exit TERM 3 Jul 16 Term 3 starts Jul 26 Year 10s Road Smart Jul 30-Aug 3 Year 9 Rubicon Jul 31 GWR Senior Hockey – Dimboola

NAPLAN 2018 Years 7 and 9

All students in years 7 and 9 are required to sit the NAPLAN tests in May. These will be held on the 15th, 16th and 17th of May in the mornings. If you have any concerns or enquiries please ring me at DMSC before the 14th of May. Charlotte Pyers (Teaching and Learning Coordinator)

Little Desert Athletics Congratulations to our students who performed well at the Little Desert Athletics in Nhill last Tuesday. There were some great individual performances. Please see the full report later in the newsletter. Little Desert Football and Netball Today, our senior boys and senior girls have ventured to Horsham for football and netball respectively. With declining numbers of students participating across the Wimmera, our girls were only going to have one game and the boys will get two. Thank you to Mr Jake Hobbs and Mrs Sue Kuhnell for accompanying the students. Thank you also to Beth Porter for umpiring the netball. There will be a report in next week’s Hilltop. Year 7 – 2019 – Information Evening Last night, we welcomed some of our 2019 parents to an information session. DMSC Transition Coordinator, Ms Marcy Britten, outlined what is entailed for students moving from Year 6 to Year 7. It is always exciting and perhaps a little daunting when students move from Primary to Secondary school, however we believe that we have excellent processes in place to ensure that all students make a very smooth transition. If you could not attend last night’s session, please contact Ms Britten at the college to register your name. More information regarding the Transition Days will be sent out later in the year.

IMPORTANT DATES A message from our Principal…

Curriculum Day – Friday May 11 This Friday, all DMSC staff will be involved in professional learning day. We will commence with a shared breakfast at 7.15am, and be ready for our first session by 8.00am sharp. The focus for the day will be developing our classroom practice and we will also commence our Cultural Inclusion Training. Students are not required at school on this day. NAPLAN Testing Next week, all students in Year 7 and Year 9 will undertake a series of NAPLAN tests. Commencing on Tuesday, students will complete Reading, Writing, Language Conventions and two Numeracy tests. These tests are only a measure of performance on one day, however we encourage all students to approach them seriously and to do the very best that they can. We hope that all students show growth in these areas and if you have any queries regarding the tests, please contact our NAPLAN Coordinator, Mrs Charlotte Pyers. Winter Uniform The weather has most certainly turned and we are in for some very cold conditions at the end of this week. Can I please ask that all students wear correct uniform and that the recommended coat is our school navy blue and red coat, which is available from Dimboola Mensland. If you are having difficulties purchasing uniform items, please contact Mrs Sue Kuhnell at the college. Mother’s Day Raffle – Drawn this Friday! Just a reminder to please support our Mother’s Day Raffle. All proceeds will go towards the purchase of building supplies for our trip to Cambodia at the end of the year. The first prize is a “deluxe pamper hamper” and it is overflowing with wonderful items. Second prize is some premium Mum bubbles and delicious Haigh’s chocolates, and due to a generous donation, we now have a third prize too! Tickets are $2.00 each and are available at the office, the Dimboola Newsagency and from many DMSC staff and students. Anne Gawith Principal

HANDS ON LEARNING.

Last week, the Hands on Learning group had the task

of constructing two outdoor sets for all students to

use under the shade sail. Ethan and Hamish took the

initiative to start putting the seats together by

themselves, as they arrived as a flat pack. They had

no instructions and used their skills and knowledge to

put the seats together. It was great to see and hear

how proud and happy everyone was with their

achievements of the day. Ethan and Hamish are pictured enjoying the finished

product, well done Hands on Learning.

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Little Desert Athletics

A big group of students travelled to Nhill on Tuesday last week to compete at the Little Desert Athletics.

Congratulations to all the students who participated and placed in events on the day. The students who placed

first will be heading to the Western Conference Aths in term 3.

A big thank you to Mr Werner, Mr Chilver and Mrs Bell for helping supervise on the day.

Students who placed in their events are below:

Mayci Porter - 1st 800m, 2nd 200m, 1st 400m, 1st triple jump, 1st 1500m

Chloe Baker - 3rd 800m, 3rd 1500m

Harper Harradine – 1st 800m, 2nd 200m, 2nd triple jump, 3rd 400m

Brooke Ward – 2nd shot put

Jordan Laverty – 2nd shot put, 3rd high jump, 2nd javelin, 2nd discuss

Lucy Robinson – 3rd High jump

Tonnis Wolthuis – 1st High jump, 2nd discuss

Emma Baker – 2nd Javelin, 2nd discuss

Steph Glover – 1st Triple Jump, 1st 200m, 1st 400m, 2nd shot put, 1st 100m

Rebekah Albrecht – 1st Discuss, 1st shot put, 2nd javelin

Daniel Danisch – 1st Discuss

Hamish Sellens – 2nd 800m, 2nd Triple Jump, 1st high jump, 3rd 1500m

Jasmine Talbot – 1st 800m, 2nd Long Jump, 1st 200m, 1st 400m, 2nd 100m, 2nd Triple jump, 2nd 1500m

Olivia Reimann – 2nd Javelin, 3rd triple jump, 3rd long jump

Beth Porter – 2nd Triple Jump, 2nd 200m, 3rd 400m, 3rd long jump, 2nd 100m

Olivia Lehmann – 2nd Discuss, 2nd Javelin

Tom Mcervale – 1st Long Jump, 1st 200m, 1st 400m, 1st 100m, 2nd triple jump

Rochelle Krahe – 2nd 200m, 2nd 100m

Jack Kalms – 1st 200m, 2nd 400m, 3rd long jump, 1st 100m

Corey Goss – 2nd discuss, 3rd shot put

Paige Glover – 1st discuss, 1st shot put

Tom O’Dwyer – 3rd shot put, 3rd Javelin

Jaara Secombe – 1st 100m, 1st long jump

Joanne Wolthuis – 3rd high jump

Malcolm Barry – 3rd 1500m

Nick Williamson – 1st long jump

Will King – 3rd shot put

Under 14 Girls relay team – 1st

Tara Petschel, Paige Glover, Cyan Morrison and Olivia Reimann

On Friday the 4th of May, 10 senior students visited the Melbourne Museum to view the Top Designs from 2017.

Students were able to look through design folios and look at the finished works. Top Designs promotes the great

creative ideas and design solutions being explored in all secondary schools across Victoria. It is an opportunity to

inspire our future student designers who should consider the works on display as exemplary responses to the

curriculum requirements, design thinking and design methodologies outlined in the respective VCE study designs.

I hope students were inspired to design. I look forward to watching and guiding the development of their own

design ideas throughout the year.

Thanks to Mr Chilver for assisting Mrs Simpson with the excursion.

DIMBOOLA MEMORIAL SECONDARY COLLEGE HOMEWORK SHEET

Year Subject Homework Due Date

7 English Spelling, Holes character grid, reading challenge D & M Maths Maths Mate

Science 7D: 7M:

Humanities

German

Woodwork

PE

Art

Technology

Drama

IT

Food 8 D & M English Reading Challenge

Maths 8D- Weekly Squizya Mathsmate 8M – Maths Mate

Science 8M-

Humanities 8D- finishing off class tasks 8M- Landscapes and Landforms worksheet due Wednesday 9th May

D & M Heath/PE

German 8M: learn your food vocabulary

Art

Food

VCD

Woodwork

Technology

STEM

9 English Premier’s Reading Challenge

Maths MathsMate

Science

Humanities

German Learn body parts vocabulary Health

Year 9/10 Electives

Outdoor Ed

Sport for Life

Product Design and Technology

Food Studies

Psychology

VCD

DIMBOOLA MEMORIAL SECONDARY COLLEGE HOMEWORK SHEET

Year Subject Homework Due Date 10D & M English 10D & M: Researching oral presentation issue

Maths 10D- Any unfinished questions from class 10M-

Science 10D- Spelling & homework sheet Humanities 10D: Pathways

Health /PE 11D English

Math Methods

Maths General

Biology

History

Health & Human Development

Psychology

Product Design

PE

Outdoor Ed

Studio Art

Physics This week’s Edrolo videos; Chapter Summary, Glossary words

11 VCAL WRS

NUM Complete booklets & Mathletics for outcomes LIT Weekly homework sheet

PDS

12 English Analysing argument Essay 1 May 11th

Maths

Psychology Read p.p. 313-329 of class text (pre reading) and completer Las 7.8 Qs 1-6, 7.13, 7.14

Health & Human Development

Vis Com

Product Design

PE Chapter questions, start Ch 7 Summary & Ch 7 Peak Performance

History Chapter 6 summary & review questions, research topic

Biology This week’s Edrolo videos, Chapter summary, Glossary words

12 VCAL WRS

NUM Update your Outcome sheets

LIT Weekly homework sheet

PDS

SMART SESSIONS Supportive Motivational After school Run by Teachers

Meet in the Library at 3.30pm – 4.30pm Monday and Wednesday