HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

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Desert 7th China Students Community Learning Project A Huge Success!

HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

2018

Term 2

June

Friday 29th June

Photography Exhibition Year 8 –9

Last Day of Term 2

Sunday 1st July—Tuesday 3rd July

Year 12 Study Camp

Term 3

Monday 16th July First Day of Term 3

Thursday 19th July State Cross Country

Wednesday 25th July Parents Club Meeting

@7:30pm in the Library

Tuesday 31st July Winter Sports

Hopetoun P-12 College

Phone 5083 3203 Fax 5083 3016 Email: hopetoun.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Hopetoun P-12 College is a Child Safe School

Flynn Grace, Jessica Chamberlin, Tegan Frankel and Denita Reid were all presented with the Principal’s award today in recognition of their

outstanding work on their China Community Learning Project.

PrinciPal’s rePort

Term reflection

As the term comes to a close, it is time to reflect back on the achievements of the past eleven weeks. It has been a very busy term with many highlights. Many of the highlights have been on participation and on the sporting events. The most significant, however, have been the day-to-day learning and the continuous building of positive and supportive relationships across the school. The development of student voice has been a major highlight this year. We want students to have greater ownership of their learning and of their school. Ownership of the school has been growing through the restructured and very active SRC. Student-led changes to the cross country as well as student decision making around activities and initiatives (e.g. lunchtime sport, bud-dies) has been a feature this term. Add to that student feedback through surveys on teachers and their teaching has added a new dimension to student voice. Students now have an even greater voice on School Council through the election of Tegan Frankel and Tahlia Jones to coun-cil earlier this term. They joined our school captains, Jacob and Chloe to make a strong block of students on council. Throw in the VCAL initiatives around the orchard and the feedlot combined with a few other projects they are working on and we have a comprehensive picture of student involvement in our College. All of this has combined with various student leadership development. A group of our Year 9 students are just about to return from Gnurad Gundidj, brim full of ideas and initiatives for stu-dent leadership. Further, our students who went to China last year have just shown superb leadership by running the school for a day. We are all looking forward to the further develop-ment in student voice in Term 3 and beyond.

China Experience

In a week of highlights and features one session which stood out was the China Experience day. On Monday our four young leaders who spent six weeks in China last year as part of their Lead-ership camp ran a full-day of activities based around Chinese culture for our Year 6 to 10 stu-dents. The day involved learning some words in Mandarin followed by traditional and cultural cooking, calligraphy, drawing and traditional paper cutting activities. The four students, Tegan, Jessica, Denita and Flynn, took charge of the students for the whole day and ran some magnifi-cent activities.

I caught up with Tegan yesterday to have a chat about how she and the team felt about running the day. She was very happy with the planning and organisation. The times and the activities worked out really well. All four were nervous before the sessions started but once they got un-derway everything ran smoothly. Tegan was very pleased with the feedback the group received from the students. The students learnt a lot from the day-long activities and the four Year 10 students learnt a lot as well. Tegan said it was a little scary and daunting in the ‘teacher’ role but was very rewarding.

Kathrine Cook participated in the activities. She really enjoyed the calligraphy session where she learnt how to write her name in Mandarin. She also learnt a lot about China. Katherine felt it was a little strange being taught by her classmates for the day but she soon adjusted to the different presenters. Katherine acknowledged that the four students had planned the sessions well and presented the material very well. She liked the Chief of the Village game and enjoyed the team-building activities they participated in throughout the day. Katherine commented that she was sure that her four classmates “liked being in charge” for the day and concluded by say-ing that she loved the China Experience so much that she would like to do it again. High praise indeed for our four young leaders.

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

I cannot praise these four students highly enough for their endeavour in running the Chinese Ex-perience. They showed immense maturity and strong student leadership. Their planning, organi-sation and delivery was impeccable. Well done, Tegan, Jessica, Denita and Flynn, we are all proud of you.

Holidays

Yes, tomorrow is the last day with our 2.30pm dismissal for the mid-year break. All is not over for the students studying Unit 3-4 (VCE) as they head off to Melbourne on Sunday for a three-day study program at La Trobe University. For all other students, if you have homework, be sure to complete it as well as have a good rest and, if no homework, enjoy the holiday break. Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make Term two a wonderful success. Enjoy the holidays.

Mr. Graeme Holmes

Principal

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SILO ART TOUR

Today we went on the Northern end Silo Art Tour. We both thought today was a good experience because we enjoyed looking at the art and learning about the area. We also learnt who the paintings were of and when they were completed.

We went to Patchewollock and saw the art of Fintan Magee, he painted Nick “Noodle” Hulland, then to Las-celles to see the work of Rone, who painted Mr & Mrs Horman. We also saw the gallery in Lascelles and went to the Cronomby Tanks in Woome-lang.

Lastly we went to Rosebery to see the work of Kaffeine who painted Jacey and Squatter.

Our favourite part of our tour was see-ing and photographing a large falcon.

We would like to thank Suzi Hallam for taking us on our great adventure.

Deklin Reeve and Tanner Davis

Ms Penman Acting Principal Role

I will be absent from Hopetoun P-12 College for at least the first two weeks of Term 3. Ms

Penman will be the Acting Principal during the time that I am away. As part of my Region-

al responsibilities, I will be Acting Principal at Warracknabeal Secondary College during

the time I am absent from Hopetoun. There will be some minor changes to staffing to en-

able Ms Penman to be released to fulfil her role otherwise everything will continue as

planned.

Weekly Student Award

Well done to the following students for receiving

Students of the Week

Flynn Grace

In recognition of his outstanding

contribution on the China Community Learning Project.

Jessica Chamberlain

In recognition of her outstanding

contribution on the China Community Learning Project.

Denita Reid

In recognition of her outstanding

contribution on the China Community Learning Project.

OPTIONAL UNISEX WINTER JACKET

Available to order at

HIP POCKET HORSHAM

Ph: 53827711

MARC news I’m looking forward to visiting you next term. I have many new books, in the van, both fiction and non-fiction and picture story books. It would be great if everyone could read the following tips and be ready for my first visit.

TIPS FOR CARING FOR YOUR LI-

BRARY BOOKS….

*ALWAYS keep your books in a

dedicated library bag

*NEVER put your books on your

own book shelf

*IF you have trouble finding your

library books each week, keep

them at school to read.

Sally McKenzie MARC Librarian

Parents Club Meeting

Wednesday 25th July at 7:30pm

in the Library

Tegan Frankel

In recognition of her outstanding

contribution on the China Community Learning Project.

Homework Club

Thursday after school from

3-20pm until 4-00pm

Prep-Year 6

Year 7 –12

WANTED:

Shoe boxes with lids.

Cardboard cylinders

eg: cling wrap cylinder, (not toilet roll)

Please give to

Mrs Hallam.

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

WEDNESDAY SPORT

Volleyball SEPEP - Grand Final Match Report

Teams: Noodles Vs Giants

Score: Set 1 21 vs 15 (Noodles)

Set 2 21—14 (Noodles)

Votes: 3—Kaden 2—Kenz 1—Tristan

Votes: 3—Cheyanne 2—Geoff 1– Katelyn

Premiers: Noodles

Runners Up: Giants

Best and Fairest

Winner: Declan Brown 33 Votes

Runner Up: Billy Allan 25 Votes

Third Place: Neha Kovoor 20 Votes

Best in Finals Award: Cheyanne Sharp 7 Votes

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SCHOOL SOCIAL SRC have decided to re-vamp yet another event this year, this time, it’s the school social. We’ve decided to hold it at the Football Sheds this year, to help break the stigma attached to some events only being held on school grounds. The school Social will run on Friday July 27th (second week of term 3) from 7pm to 10pm. It would be much appreciated that if SRC mem-bers and teachers stay back and help clean up at the end of the night. It is common sense to find a bin when you have rubbish, so, we do encourage that during the night for an easy clean up, thankyou.

We have decided to go for mixed themes this year and SRC have randomly selected letters out of a hat. Each year level had chosen their themes, as listed below:

Year 6 – S (Superheroes/Supervillains)

Year 7/8 – F (Anything beginning with ‘F’)

Year 9 – T

Year 10/11 – M (Met Gala)

Year 12 – R (Retro)

Teachers – B (Yet to be confirmed… or maybe it’s a surprise)

Theme ideas will be put up at the end of this term/start of next term and if you have no idea, talk to your SRC Rep. or your friends.

Can you bring a friend? Yes, you can even bring along two friends, but your parents will need to sign a responsibility slip. Tickets will be available from the start of next term…

Individual Tickets (Only you, the student from Hopetoun P-12 College) - $10 Family (2 or More siblings who go to Hopetoun P-12 college) - $15 Bring-A-Friend (Student not from Hopetoun P-12 College) - $5

Hope to see you all there… great activities, great music and maybe a few prizes to be had.

Happy Costume Planning,

Maddy Cashill,

SRC Publicist

2018 Wimmera Careers

Expo Newspaper Year 10

Yesterday we went to the Careers Expo. We spent the day looking around and finding out information about different jobs, pathways and universities. There were stalls, workshops and seminars which you could go to. I went to the Gap Year, Physio and Occupational Therapy seminars. They were helpful because they gave me information about the courses, how to get into them and what they involve. The Physio and Occupational Therapy seminar was inter-esting and informative because I learnt the about the pre-requisites needed to get into the courses, the ATAR needed, different pathways to get into the courses, fees, where the courses can be studied and where you can work with that job. I enjoyed the day and learnt lots of new information about all the jobs and courses available that interest me. Denita

On the 26th of June 2018, many schools around the Wimmera attended the Careers Expo,

which was just out of Horsham at Longerenong. It was a great turn out with many stalls from

colleges to universities and more in between. In another shed, there were different seminars

running all day. There were many food shops there; the kebab van being most popular. All in

all, it was a great day for everyone.

There was a wide range of seminars at the Wimmera Careers Expo. One seminar I went to was about the Travel Industry which was a half hour talk from Anne, who is a representative of italktravel. She explained what you would be doing in the industry and what certificates you need to complete the certificate. Another seminar I went to was about the Endota Wellness College which has a range of beauty options. A representative from Endota explained what you would be doing when you choose to go to this college and what areas of beauty you can study. I would recommend making the most out of the seminars because you might choose to go into that industry or to the col-lege or university you saw at the Careers Expo. Katherine

At the Wimmera Careers Expo in the Try a Trade section you could get a hands on

experience in different career pathways. The first one I went to was Vet Science where

there were containers with dead worms inside which you could encounter if you were

helping someone out on a farm. There were also slides which you could put under a

microscope to look at the different types of blood, bacteria and diseases you may come

across in this career. If you are interested in Veterinary Science then you should check

this stall out and go to the open day to get an even better experience. This will be at

Federation University later this year. The blood and bacteria may sound gross but it is

an interesting and unique experience if you like working with animals. Montana

The Wimmera Careers Expo had many different sites that catered for a range of people’s interests. There were university and TAFE representa-tives who you could talk to and receive information about the different courses they provide. There were also people from specific companies, for example Latitude Australia, which is about Gap Years, Netball Victoria and many more. Federation University also took up a large area with a Try a Trade section. This allowed you to try out some aspects of a job that you may like from a hands on perspective. Every site that was there had books and pamphlets that you could collect based on what you wanted to know. If you are unsure about your career pathway or you want more in-formation, I would recommend going to the Careers Expo at Longerenong College, even if you don’t think it will help. Mali

The careers expo at Longerenong offers a large range of

stalls and seminars in which high school students can ex-

plore and gain information about careers and universities.

Along with the stalls and seminars, the expo also included

an emergency services hub, where services such as; the

Police; Ambulance Victoria; SES; CFA; and the army, were

set up and students were able to ask questions about the

service and receive an insight to what it entails. It was a

fantastic opportunity for students to be able to ask questions

that may help them in deciding their future, and from the

looks of it, a lot of students took advantage of them being

there. Jess