Important!

Derrinallum P-12 College is a nut free School.

Make sure your child’s/children’s lunches and snacks do

not contain nuts or traces of nuts including peanuts and

sesame seeds, we have students at the school who suffer

from Anaphylaxis and will suffer a sever Anaphylactic

attack if exposed to nuts or any food containing traces of

nuts.

Integrity, Teamwork, Support, Empathy, Respect.

Campbell Street Derrinallum Phone: (03) 55976625, Fax: (03) 55976646

Victoria 3325 Email: derrinallum.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Principal’s Report

Derrinallum P-12 College Community Newsletter

www.derrinallump12.vic.edu.au February 6th, 2015 Edition 1

Alan Coffey - Principal

Welcome Welcome back, especially to our new families for the 2015 school year. I trust everyone had a restful break and a chance to do the things they enjoy. We welcome these new students to our school community and encourage them to make the most of the opportunities the College provides. Mrs Johnstone’s Prep/1 Tarryn, Campbell, Marshall and Mekenzy Mr Dally’s Year 2/3 Emily Mrs McSween’ s Year 4/ 5/6 Jayden Years 7/8 Kasey and Sarah Years 9/10 Luke I also welcome, new staff member, Erin McSween as our Year 4/5/6 teacher as Miss Linda Grills will be commencing Family Leave later in the term. We are set to have a successful year with our 72 students and 21 dedicated staff. Congratulations Well done to Kylee Spillman and Jayde Neil on achieving 100% attendance in Semester 2 last year. Congratulations also to the 25 students from Prep to Year 10 who received gold Principal’s Award stickers on their Semester 2 Student Reports for excellent effort and behaviour in Literacy and Numeracy. Fridge Friend We are distributing a double sided laminated A4 page with key information to all of our families this week. We hope that you find a handy place to put your ‘Fridge Friend’ as the information contained on it will be of some assistance throughout the year. If you have any suggestions on other information you would like included please let Gaye Robinson-Marks know. School Leadership The Investiture of School Leaders Ceremony will be held next Friday the 13th of February at 10.15 am. We invite all members of the community to come along to celebrate and recognise the newly appointed student leaders. It is inspiring to see so many students eager to take on the various leadership positions within our school community. School Council Election If you would like to become a School Councillor, information regarding the 2015 School Council Election will be in next week’s newsletter.

9th-11th February VCE Study Camp - Ballarat

13th February Investiture of School Leaders 10.15am - all welcome

15th February Derrinallum Market

17th February Lions Youth of the Year - Senior Students

18th February School Council

20th February Derrinallum P-12 Swimming Sports - whole school

23rd February AFL Community Camp - Geelong Players visit

25th February Mid West Swimming - Secondary, selected students

5th March Mid West Triathlon - Secondary, interested students

9th March Labour Day Holiday - Public Holiday

13th March Year 6 Young Leaders Day - Melbourne

15th-26th March Japan Trip

15th March Derrinallum Market

18th-20th March Year 9 Sailing - Geelong

18th March School Council

20th March Western Plains Swimming - Skipton, Primary Students

24th March Year 11 Trip to Barwon Prison

27th March Presentation Ball - Lismore Community Centre

27th March Last day of Term 1

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LISMORE SQUASH 2015 Anyone want a hit of squash? The next hit-up night is scheduled for Monday 23rd February at

6.30pm. Anyone interested in simply trying squash or in joining the Lismore Squash Club is encouraged to

attend. Continuing players are also asked to attend for seeding purposes. Enquiries to: Ricky Vagg at Lismore

FoodWorks, Liz Barr 0406 240 447 or Suzie Ellis (03) 53 403 583. Players should register with Suzie to

secure a place in next pennant.

PLEASE NOTE NEW BANK DETAILS:

DERRINALLUM COLLEGE COUNCIL OFFICIAL ACCOUNT BSB 633000 (Bendigo Bank) A/c 1533 89853

Derrinallum P-12 College Community Newsletter. February 6th, 2015.

Golden Elephant

Instrumental Music 2015

Parents must advise the school Bus Co-ordinator of any changes to their child/children’s bus travel, this includes students getting on their normal bus after school but alighting somewhere other than their normal destination. It is imperative that these changes are submitted in writing to the school library on the day of, or before students make any changes to bus travel, to ensure the safety of students. Parents/guardians are responsible for the care and supervision of students travelling to and from school outside the times of school supervision before and after school. Gaye Robinson-Marks Bus Co-ordinator

Lunchbox-friendly date and sunflower seed balls

BUSES

In accordance with the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, schooling is compulsory for children and young people aged from 6 – 17 years unless an exemption has been granted. Students are expected to attend the school in which they are enrolled, during normal school hours every day of each term, unless: there is an approved exemption from school attendance or

attendance and enrolment for the student. For absences where there is no exemption in place, the parent/guardian must provide an explanation on each occasion to the school. The school will determine if the explanation provided is a reasonable excuse for the purposes of the parent meeting their responsibilities under the:

Education and Training Reform Act 2006. It’s not ok to be away!

Please notify the school if your child/children are absent for

any reason.

Attendance

Welcome back for another school year! Music lessons started last week, with five students continuing on

and one new student. However, I still have room for one more student who is interested in learning a

musical instrument.

Learning a musical instrument can be very beneficial for a child. Not only does it assist with their

reading and mathematical skills, it can improve hand-eye co-ordination and concentration as well. That

is why I offer music lessons for anyone at school.

For children aged five to eight (roughly Prep to Grade Three) I offer piano, recorder, guitar and violin.

These are the easiest to learn at that age, and the latter two come in different sizes to accommodate small

fingers. For the older students, I also offer flute, clarinet, trumpet, drums and saxophone.

I also offer lessons of different lengths. Twenty minute lessons are ideal for those who have trouble

concentrating for long periods of time or who are young, and thirty minute lessons are for the older

children or those who can sit still long enough! There are also joint lessons for those who wish to share a

lesson with a friend.

If you are interested in having your child or children learn an instrument, please contact me on (03)

55623975. I know that the idea of lessons might seem costly but my rates are very reasonable and the

long-term benefits for your child are enormous.

Melanie Pocknall

Instrumental Music Teacher

Ingredients 225 grams sunflower seeds 225 grams pitted dates

Method Place sunflowers and dates into the food processor and blend. Blend for a few minutes, scrape the mixture from down the sides of the food processor and blend again. Do this a couple of times until the mixture is soft and sticks together. To test if the mixture is ready, spoon out a chunk and squeeze it with your hands. If it stays together easily then it is ready. Be care-ful not to mix too much as they will become too soft and oily. Turn the mixture out into a mixing bowl, then take a heaped teaspoon of mixture and work it into a ball. Place into an airtight con-tainer and continue this process until all of the mixture has been used. Place in the fridge for a couple of hours to set. These balls are best kept in the fridge and can also be kept in the freezer.

Year 7 – 10 TEXT BOOK LEASING – Maths/Science/Humanities A reminder that Text Book Leasing charges need to be paid now in order for your child to receive the books from the Library for use in class. For Years 7-10 this is a total of $60 : $20 each for Maths, Science and Humanities. Year 11 students doing General Maths will need to pay $20 for their leased text.

Year 7 – 10 TEXT BOOK LEASING – Maths/Science/Humanities

This certificate was awarded on the last day of Term 4, 2014 to:

Pippa Britton

For being a very good friend and being helpful inside and outside.

Golden Elephant Award

We welcome the Prep Class

of 2015

Campbell Greig

Tarryn Docherty

Marshall Hill