HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

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Junior Primary School Captains

HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE

2020

Term 1

February

Wednesday 19th February School Council Meeting

Friday 21st February SML Cluster Swimming

Sports

Wed 26th - Fri 28th Feb Year 7/8’s Bendigo Camp

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

Primary Captain Claire and Vice Captain Esther

with Councillor Helen Ballentine.

Congratulations to both girls for being our Primary School Captains.

Principal’s Report

Induction of Leaders We held our induction of school leaders at assembly earlier this week. School Captains were inducted at our Awards Night last year so it was the turn of our House Captains, Bus Captains and SRC to be inducted. Pleasingly, also, it was the announcement of the Junior School Captain and Junior School Vice-Captain. I am pleased to say that two wonderful students have been selected for the roles – Claire Oataway is Junior School Captain and Esther Kelly is Junior School Vice-Captain. Our local Yarriambiack Shire Councillor, Helen Ballentine, spoke to the students about leadership, taking responsibility and about working to help the community. She then presented badges to all of the students who have been elected to leadership positions. Congratulations to all of the students who have put their hands up to take on these roles. You are showing responsibility and leadership and a willingness to have your voice on student issues. A full list of the student leaders is published elsewhere in this newsletter.

Study Skills & Time Management Last week Mrs Jones and I met with each of the Year 12 students to confirm their subjects and to offer as-

sistance and support for the 2020 school year. One of the interesting outcomes of the meetings was that

all of the students doing VCE subjects have a homework/study schedule but very few adhere to it. The Ele-

vate sessions last Thursday provided excellent advice to the Year 10-12 students on how to create a home-

work/study schedule which is manageable, achievable and works effectively. If you have a child in Years 10-

12, please ask them how they are going with developing a study schedule based on the model provided by

Elevate. Then, in a month’s time, check again to see whether the study schedule is a workable document.

Recommended study time for Year 10-12 students is 1-3 hours per night and up to 6 hours at the weekend.

Outdoor Ed Anyone for cooking? Molly (Year 8) is showing her skills with outdoor cooking using

a mini-stove to prepare to make hot chocolate. Mr Anders is running an outdoor

education class as part of our Year 8/9 STEAM program.

Mr Graeme Holmes

Principal Check out Hopetoun P-12 College

Facebook page

School Council Elections Nominations are now open for parent representatives on School Council. There are three parent vacan-cies currently available for parent nominations. The term of office is two years. Current members whose term has expired are Adrian Horman, Tom White and Julie Grace. All three are eligible for renomination. School Council is responsible for policy decisions as well as maintaining an overview of the achieve-ments of the school. It has an important role in the overall financial management of the school. There are sub-committees for policy, grounds and buildings and finances. The Policy Committee usually meets on the first Thursday of the month. Both Finance and Grounds and Buildings meet just before Council meetings which are usually scheduled for the second Wednesday of the month. Timeline: Nominations Open – Thursday 13th February. Nominations close – Thursday 20th February.

Student and Staff Membership of School Council Our two school captains, Tegan Frankel and Flynn Grace, are members of School Council along with two elected student representatives. MacKenzie Bellinger has one more year on Council and there is one vacancy for a student representative. Elections are currently being held to fill the student vacancy. Similarly, there are two staff vacancies on Council which are currently being filled as part of the normal cycle of council elections.

Clean Up Australia Day

Friday

28th February

All Parents and Friends

Welcome

FEBRUARY

OVAL MOWING ROSTER 2020

Leader: Ross Brown

Brad Petschel

Danny McGee

Jamie Glare

HATS

MUST BE WORN IN

TERM 1

Hats are available for purchase at the office for $5

SWIMMING PROGRAM

Prep - 2: Tuesday Pd 5 & 6

Gr 3 - 6: Monday Pd 3 & 4

Yr 7/8: Friday Pd 3 & 4

Yr 9/10: Monday Pd 5 & 6

Please remember your bather, googles (if needed)

and towel.

REMEMBER TO BE

SUN SMART

Student Leaders

Bus Captains: Abby, Harry, Jess, Tegan, Billy, Geoffrey and

Mali

House Captains: Banksia—Denita, Dalton, Oliver Yarrara—Jonty, Mali and Anas (absent)

SRC Representatives SRC President: Denita

Vice President: Jess Secretary: Bonnie

Treasurer: Brooklyn

Year 12’s 2020

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

Policy Update Bullying Prevention Policy Hopetoun P-12 College is committed to providing a safe and respectful learning environment where bullying will not be tolerated.

Bullying occurs when someone, or a group of people, deliberately and repeatedly upset, harass, intimidate, threaten or hurt another person or damage their property, reputation or social acceptance. There is an imbalance of power in inci-dents of bullying, where the bully or bullies have more power than the victim due to their age, size, status or other rea-sons.

Bullying may be direct or indirect, physical or verbal, and includes cyberbullying. Bullying is not a one-off disagreement between two or more people or a situation of mutual dislike. In this Policy any reference to ‘bullying’ includes all forms of bullying including cyberbullying.

A copy of our Bullying Prevention Policy is available on our website.

Parent Payments Policy Hopetoun P-12 College is aligned with the Department of Education and Training policy on Parent Payments. You can access a copy here or message the school and we will provide you with a hard copy.

Homework Club Will begin next Thursday

20th February

3-20pm until 4-00pm

Prep– Year 6

Year 7—12

20th February 2020

On the front steps of the school at the start of

lunch time.

At the start of lunch you can get your hair coloured (with temporary spray) for a gold coin donation. All donations will be donated to the Hopetoun Fire Brigade, and if we get over $70—Mr. Robinson has volunteered to get his hair coloured.

Come and support our local

Fire Brigade

with a gold coin donation!!

Year 3—6 Primary Prattle

The Year 3-6 class has settled in well to school routine. They have been attending swimming lessons on Mondays during their Physical Education class, as they have been preparing for the school house swimming sports on Thursday. They are all excited about attending and representing their teams. Good luck Banksia and Yarrara.

Leadership seems to be something the students seem very keen to be a part of this year. Claire Oataway and Esther Kelly recently went through the process of election for Junior School Captains. Where Claire was elected Junior School Captain and Esther becoming the Junior Vice Captain. Congratulations to both of the girls.

Our class would like to welcome Oliver Wood. Ollie as he likes to be known is a Year 6 student, he has fitted into class well and has taken on a leadership role as Junior House Captain for Banksia. While Anas Mostofa has been chosen by his peers to become the Junior Yarrara house Captain. Well done to both boys.

Another set of leaders within our class, come from two Year 5 students Alynah Glare and Jazmyn Hinckley. They have taken up roles on the Student Representative Council and will become the voice for the primary section of Hopetoun’s P-12 College. Well done girls.

The students have also been enjoying their lessons with a highlight of the week being their science lessons.

They have started with a positive attitude towards these lessons as they have been learning to use magnify-

ing glasses and microscopes to see what they can find in soil.

Students have also been having a go at writing recounts. Ollie and Jazmyn wrote theirs about the storm we experienced last week.

Yesterday there was a huge thunder storm, it was so loud. The storm went on all night and it was hard to get to sleep. It was the first time my dog Scout had heard a thunder storm, she was really scared. Scout was so scared that she was sitting on my bed, I gave her a hug then feel asleep. When I woke up in the morning there was water everywhere. By Oliver

Last night there was a loud boom, crash noise, it was the start of a big thunder storm. I couldn’t go to sleep

because it was too loud. In the morning there was a big, big puddle next to my Nan and Pop’s house. The

puddle was so big it went all the way to the walkway at the school gate. By Jazmyn

Tracy Bound

Classroom Teacher

Monday 23rd of April at Lake Lascelles

Schedule 4 Notice of Election

HOPETOUN P-12 COLLEGE Dodgshun Street

PO BOX 211, Hopetoun VIC 3396

ABN 54302823924

Ph 03 5083 3203

Fax 03 5083 3016

Email hopetoun.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Meeting the individual needs of all students

SCHEDULE 4: NOTICE OF ELECTION AND CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Thursday 13th February 2020

An election is to be conducted for members of the school council of

Hopetoun P-12 College

Nomination forms may be obtained from the school and must be lodged by 4.00 pm on 20/02/2020.

The ballot, if required, will close at 4.00 pm on Monday 2nd March 2020

Following the closing of nominations a list of the nominations received will be posted at the school.

The terms of office, membership categories and number of positions in each membership category open for election are as follows:

If the number of nominations is less than the number of vacancies, a notice to that effect and calling for further nominations will be posted in a prominent position at the school.

Graeme Holmes

Principal

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY TERM OF OFFICE NUMBER OF POSITIONS

Parent member From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2020 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2022

3

DET employee member From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2020 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2022

2

Student member From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2020 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2022

1