Principal’s Report

LEARNING FOR THE FUTURELEARNING FOR THE FUTURELEARNING FOR THE FUTURELEARNING FOR THE FUTURE

Fuller Street.

Phone: 50921182

Fax: 50921185

ouyen.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

www.ouyenp12college.vic.edu.au

Respectful Relationships As mentioned in previous newsletters our school is a coordinating school for the im-plementation of the Respectful Relationships Program. This program aims to ad-dress family violence through education - to model respect in all areas of the school, how we interact and treat each other. Teachers will be supported to deliver the initiative with age-appropriate teaching and learning materials. These evidence-based materials are designed to enable teachers to develop student’s social and emotional capabilities, build positive, healthy and respectful relationships, make responsible decisions and create positive gender relations. The initiative will also provide resources to best support young people who are affected by family violence. Community information sessions will be

held later in the year as the program is rolled out.

No parent or carer I have ever met wants their child to be a victim or perpetrator of family violence! Mr David Sutton, Principal Maryborough Education Centre Mallee Education Cluster The Mallee Cluster Principals met this week here at Ouyen to continue the conversation about further developing our cluster with the view to improving outcomes for Mallee Students. Our work, supported by the CEP and a grant from the Buckland Foundation, will strengthen what is already great about our schools as well as widening opportunities for our students. Leanne Dawes Principal

Dates Term 2:

May 16th Cross Country, Ouyen (Sec) June 6th LMR Cross Country, St Arnaud (Pri & Sec) June 7th Circus Workshop June 8th UDSSA Lightning Prems Nursing as a Career, Year 11 June 26th Flinders Uni Presentation June 27th Wimmera Mallee Careers Expo June 29th Shakespeare Performances June 30th End Term 2

Next P A Meeting - Monday May 8th, 7pm, Conference Room

F r i d a y , M a y 5 t h 2 0 1 7 T e rm 2 , W e e k 3

Congratulations to our General Office ‘Good Manners’ Award winners.

Darcy Cresp accepted his certificate and prize for being the March winner, while Kai Wethers very proudly accepted for

April.

Hallie Wills, Drew Latta & Candice Beasley’s use of good manners were also

noted.

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Term 2 Wednesday 26th April Early Achiever Program ACU Opens (Year 12) Wednesday 17th May Moving into Medicine the Rural Way (Year 10, 11 & 12) Thursday 1st June Latrobe Aspire Opens (Year 12) Thursday 8th June Nursing as a Career (Some Year 11) Monday 26th June Flinders University Presentation (Year 10 – 12, Parents) Tuesday 27th June Western Wimmera Careers Expo (Year 11 & Parents) Term 3 Monday 24th July Uni S.A Presentation (Year 10-12, Parents) Wednesday 26th July UMAT, Mildura (Some Year 12) Sunday 6th - Tuesday 8th August Career Trip Melbourne (Year 11 & Parents) Monday 7th August VTAC / SATAC Opens (Year 12) Monday 14th – Friday 18th August Work Experience Year 10 CAREERS TRIP - YEAR 11 STUDENTS & PARENTS The college is offering the opportunity for our Year 11 students and parents to participate in the 2017 VCE Careers trip to Melbourne or the Western Victorian Careers Expo held in Longerenong. VCE Careers Trip Melbourne / Ballarat, Sunday 6th - Tuesday 8th August Presentations and tours of Universities TAFE and Industry Western Victorian Careers Expo, Longerenong, Tuesday 27th June Suited to both VCE & VCAL students looking to enter University / Trade /TAFE / Employment. Year 11 students have been given an ‘overview’ and ‘expression of Interest forms’ on both these events, if you could please read and return the signed forms indi-cating your preferences by Friday, May 12th. Both career events are a great chance for parents/guardians to find out more about your child’s future study career pathway options. If you have any further questions please contact Sue Sly. MOVING INTO MEDICINE THE RURAL WAY – MONASH UNIVERSITY Are you interested in studying Medicine / Nursing/ Allied Health? You are invited to an Information evening at Rural Health Mildura Interest Group: Year 10, 11 & 12 When: Wednesday 17th May Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm Location: Monash University Rural Health Mildura RSVP: Wednesday 10th May (Sue Sly) Light Refreshments supplied EARLY ACHIEVERS PROGRAM – AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (ACU) Open Wednesday April 26th Close Monday 17th July. www.acu.edu.au/eap. Outcome: If successful, you’ll receive an offer as early as August What is EAP? Build on your volunteering and leadership experience and explore your potential with ACU’s Early Achievers’ Program. If you regularly volunteer in your community – through your school, community organisation, or cultural or religious group – you could be eligible for the Early Achievers’ Program entry into an undergraduate degree. UMAT APPLICATIONS Close Friday 2nd June; Test Day Wednesday 26th July. Information Booklet: http://umat.acer.edu.au Universities you will need a UMAT2017 score to apply for undergraduate admis-sion to any of the following courses commencing in 2018*: VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS (VCA) NEW DEGREES In 2018 it will be offering two new degrees for aspiring actors and theatre-makers. The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) and the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre), both dynamic, forward-thinking conservatoire-style programs, will nurture a new gener-ation of culturally aware and internationally focused actors and performance makers. VICTORIAN INDIGENOUS ENGINEERING WINTER SCHOOL (VIEWS) The program includes meeting Indigenous engineering professionals, site visits, exploring university campuses and learning about engineering study options, and hands-on workshops that will expand your mind and develop problem solving and design skills. The program is a cooperative venture by, Melbourne, Monash, RMIT and Swinburne universities. Interest Group – Year 11 & 12 indigenous students interested in Engineering Prerequisite: Maths Science subjects When: 1 – 7 July (School holidays); Information: matthew.currell@rmit.edu.au. Apply: http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/engage/indigenous/views; Applications close: Friday 2nd June at 5pm. LA TROBE UNIVERSITY ASPIRE PROGRAM Open: Thursday 1st June, Outcome: Early conditional offer September The Aspire Program is for people who’ve made a positive impact on their commu-nity – whether it’s through volunteering, leadership or community engagement. As a successful Aspire applicant, you’ll receive an early conditional offer into your course in September. For Year 12 students, this is well before you receive your ATAR.

Work Experience / Structured Work placement Dates – 2017 Year 10 –August, 14th / 18th

Year 11 – Monday 27th Nov, Friday 1st Dec Term 2 and 3 School Holidays

SPARK ENGINEERING CAMP Melbourne Camp: Monday 10h – Saturday 15th July (School Holidays) Open to: Students in Year 10 – 12 Cost: Free of charge to students Applications Close Friday 26th May The camp targets school students from non-traditional backgrounds to engage in university life, in particular introducing the directions that engineering can take their future. Spark is about connecting with students who might not normally consider going into tertiary education after school and sharing some of the inspiring experiences and opportunities that university has to offer. Application forms available from the Career Office. http://sparkengineeringcamp.ywb.com.au/index.html DEAKIN UNIVERSITY – FINDING THAT DREAM CAREER Explore is a mobile-optimised website and app that enables students to discover course and career options at the swipe of a screen or click of a mouse. More than just a course search, it matches courses to careers and careers to courses ena-bling students to explore countless paths they could take after high school. For those of you already familiar with Explore you’ll be pleased to know it’s just been updated with some exciting new careers like White Hat Hacker, Hostel Manager and Sport Event Coordinator that are sure to spark their interest. To help students’ KickStart their course and career exploration we have added a little motivation below. This year we’re giving students an added incentive to use Explore, with subscrib-ers going in the draw to win a $100 VISA gift card. Simply visit http://explore.deakin.edu.au/ and click on ‘Create an account’ JOB VACANCIES School Based Apprentice – Hairdresser Apprentice – Diesel Mechanic Apprentice – Cook Traineeship – Business Apprentice – Light Vehicle Motor Mechanic Apprenticeship – Accessory Fitter Apprentice – Engineering / Metal Fabricator More details available from the Careers Office or contact Fiona or Breece at MAS National 147 Tenth Street Mildura 5023 6166 GETTING A JOB WITH PARKS VICTORIA …. Volunteer

Parks Victoria Campground Hosts Friends Groups Conservation Volunteers Australia Green Army Country Fire Authority

University or TAFE Courses Environmental Science Natural Resource Management Land and Conservation Management Forest Management Ecotourism Marketing and Business Trade Courses – carpentry, plumbing etc.

Seasonal / Contract Work Seasonal Ranger Program (3 months) Project Firefighters (PFFs) – Parks Victoria & DWLWP (3-6 months) Project Work

Applications open August for PFFs and September for Seasonal Rangers We conduct recruitment programs, including an Aboriginal program, as well as general recruitment. These programs occur at various times throughout the year and are advertised on this website under vacancies. Parks Victoria employs people from a range of professions such as:

• Natural resources managers and rangers

• Conservation and environmental specialists

• Cultural and heritage managers

• Engineers and statutory planners

• Accountants and business managers

• Marketing, communications and tourism professionals

• Human resources

• Strategic planners

• Information technology specialists

• Customer service and administrative officers We require prospective employees to undergo a national police record check prior to employment http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are Sue Sly, Careers Counsellor

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May 7th Imogen Ezzey

May 7th Hannah Gall

PPPP----4 WEEKLY AWARDS 4 WEEKLY AWARDS 4 WEEKLY AWARDS 4 WEEKLY AWARDS Super Star of the Week: Prep: Chloe Brady Grade 1 & 2: Angel Forse Grade 3 & 4: Mia Grayling Attendance Bear: Year 3

Literacy Award: Prep: Paige Bond Grade 1: Tom Cronin Grade 2: Gareth Morrish Grade 3: Nav Forse Grade 4: Leon Payne

Numeracy Award: Prep: Effie Ferrari Grade 1: Maya Barry Grade 2: William Shaddock Grade 3: Bailey Petersen Grade 4: Talia Munro

Assemblies are held on Fridays at 9am in the Music Room.

Amazing Souvlakis, with our own home made tzatziki

sauce, warmed us through Thursday

morning (in year 11 Food Studies).

A lemon, garlic, oregano and bay

leaf marinade imparted a special

tang to both the Lamb and Chicken

fillings, which had the traditional

accompaniments.

Fresh fruit complemented the Blueberry jelly whip and was

popular as well.

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SSV STATE SSV STATE SSV STATE SSV STATE

SWIMMINGSWIMMINGSWIMMINGSWIMMING Five students travelled to Melbourne on Anzac day to compete in the SSV State Swimming Finals at the

Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC) on Wednesday 26th April. A chilly day made the competition in the outside pool quite challenging for both spectators and swimmers. The wind and intermittent rain meant that the swimmers were kept inside until their races were about to begin and they

needed to make a dash for shelter and warmth after they finished. Laura was the first to swim,

competing in the G18-20 Yrs 50m Breaststroke, placing 6th with a faster time than she swam in the Swan Hill

qualifiers. The next swimmer was Peter, who

competed in the B18-20 Yrs 50m Free-style finishing 7th, with a PB of 26.83. There was a break of a couple of hours before the Girls 18-20Yrs 4x50m Relay took to the pool deck. An exciting race eventuated as the Lauren, Laura, Lucy and Megan swam competitively in a full field of 8 teams. The first 4 teams were very close together, with our girls following a little way behind. They also improved their time from that swam at

Swan Hill. Congratulations to our State Swimmers who trained over their holiday break and represented our school with enthusiasm and endeavour.

Laura Hayter, Lucy Morrish, Megan O’Connor Lauren Grace

& Peter Darley

Thank you to Kim and Anthony Darley and Amanda Hayter who travelled to Melbourne to support our students.

The Year 9 PE class is currently undertaking a SEPEP (Sport Education in Physical Education Program) unit, playing European Handball. SEPEP is a student centred approach to Physical Education which takes the best parts of community sport to enhance student learning. The philoso-phy behind SEPEP is for students to experience a program which mirrors “real life” sport. The stu-dents are divided into teams and each student has a role to play in the organisation and run-ning of a competition. Each week, the Publicity Officers are responsible for writing a report and taking photographs. SCORING - Points achieved by each team is not only based on wins, losses and goals scored in the matches. Teams also gain points for being in correct uni-form, bringing all equip-ment required to the game, warming up properly, scoring, refer-eeing, preparing match reports and taking pho-tos. Match reports will begin in next week’s newsletter.

SSV Mallee SSV Mallee SSV Mallee SSV Mallee

Division CROSS Division CROSS Division CROSS Division CROSS

COUNTRY TEAM COUNTRY TEAM COUNTRY TEAM COUNTRY TEAM

TRAININGTRAININGTRAININGTRAINING

The SSV Mallee Cross Country will be held in Ouyen on Tuesday 17th May. Well done to the majority of squad members who are on track to complete the training requirements for the Inter-school Cross Country event. It is great to see these students making every ef-fort to prepare themselves to perform at their best. Any students unable to train for any reason should have the courtesy to dis-cuss this with me and not just absent themselves from training.

Forthcoming Dates SSV Mallee Division

Cross Country Tuesday, 16th May Ouyen

SSV Loddon

Mallee Region

Cross Country Tuesday, 16th June

St. Arnaud

SSV State Finals

Cross Country Thursday 20th July

Bundoora

Starting times and distances of events are: SSV Mallee Division CROSS COUNTRY Tuesday May 16th 2017 10.30a.m Girls 12/13 & 14 Yrs 3150m

10.55a.m Boys 12/13 & 14 Yrs 3150m

11.20a.m Girls 15 & 16 Yrs 3150m

11.45a.m Girls 17-20 Yrs

& Boys 15 Yrs 3150m

12.15p.m Boys 16 & 17-20 Yrs 4450m

1:00 p.m Presentations

Be the best YOU can

be ...

WINNING CAN BE YOUR AIM,

BUT

Being your best should be your ultimate goal

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Meeting – Our next meeting will be at 7:00p.m. on Monday, May 8th. We will meet in the Conference Room. For those still getting to know the school – that is next to Mrs. Dawes’ office. Feel free to come and ask questions, share ideas, and help support parents, students and staff. Apologies can be made through Kylie Zanker, Raelene Vine or the school office. Got teenagers? Those with teenagers will recognise that relation-ships and interactions with them aren’t always easy as they bump their way from childhood to adult-hood. MRCC’s School Focussed Youth Service is sponsoring a forum called Managing Angry Adoles-cents Differently. This is a free two-hour ses-sion at Blackburn Park [in the Club Rooms] for parents and carers of teenagers next Wednesday, May 10th. Delivered by Kenneth Nathan it starts at 7:15 and finishes 9:15 – 9:45 [supper in-cluded]. It aims to equip parents/ carers with knowledge and skills to manage angry or violent teens. The focus is to understand teens’ tempera-ments from a biological and cultural perspective, and look at ways to de-escalate anger and set bound-aries. Kenneth Nathan is very experienced in this field and runs another program, Managing the Bull, that Parents Association is interested in. Bookings through Stephen Williams 0437752528 or stephen.williams@mildura.vic.gov.au or contact the school office. There will be a series of events at Blackburn Park over the whole week for professionals who work with teens. Wednesday night is the only parent ses-sion. Catering May 13th – Jan Torney & Deb Vallance have asked PA to provide afternoon tea for John Archibald’s 90th birthday at Blackburn Park [Interleague bye day]. Prep, 1 and 2 families have the privilege of this one. Tamara Allender is the contact person on 0499272855. See Memberships- Annual membership for Parents Association is now due. This supports our adminis-trative costs which are held separately to any fund-raising and entitles members to receive minutes of meetings. Please fill out the form below and return it to the office with your membership. Raelene Vine – President

SHEEP SALE ROSTER: A huge thanks to everyone for working and cook-ing towards our fundraising efforts for Parents Association. We would be very happy if anyone could volun-teer to work an extra shift or do some extra cook-ing. Please let the Office or Michelle Morrish know if you are available. Thanks. DATE: May 18th WORKERS COOKS Raelene Vine (50921598) Briony Munro Kylee Pengelly Sarah Arnel Rosey Cattanach Seija Peck DATE: June 1st WORKERS COOKS Megan Hastings (50922126) Olivia Cheema Shelley French Mandy Comrie Kirstyn Campbell DATE: June 15th WORKERS COOKS Katrina Erhardt (50922109) Kim Darley Peter Treloar Zoe Taylor Years Prep/ 1 /2 families for John Archibald’s 90th birthday party – 2:00p.m. at Blackburn Park, Saturday, 13th May. Food to be delivered to Blackburn Park by 1:00 p.m. on Saturday or, if appropriate for the food, to school on Friday 12th. Contact Tamara Allender – 0499272855 with your offer. 2L milk 1 savoury platter 2 doz pizza toasties 2 pkts mixed sandwiches – white bread 3 doz mini quiche 2 doz pastry scrolls 1 pkt mixed sandwiches – wholemeal bread 6 doz sausage rolls 3 doz party pies 1 doz scones – jam/ cream 12 cup cakes 1 doz yoyos 1 ginger fluff 1 apple/ sour cream slice 1 lemon slice 1 hazelnut slice 1 jelly slice 1 hedgehog 1 pepper mint slice 2 doz rumballs 1 carrot cake 3 workers to plate up from 1:00 3 workers to help serve and clean up – anytime from 2 til ?

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