Year 12 Valedictory Dinner The Year 12 students have all completed their end of year exams with the last exam being Indonesian on Wednesday 22nd November. On Monday 27th November, Oberon High School formally farewelled the students at the Valedictory Dinner at ‘The Pier’, which was a fantastic evening for all that attended. Thank you to Mrs Pike and Ms Kelly for their efforts in organising this event. We look forward to hearing of the VCE results which are released on Friday 15th December. School for Student Leadership 2018 Interviews were held on Tuesday 21st November to select the three male and three female Year 9 students that will have the opportunity to spend six weeks in China in Term 4, 2018 as part of the DET School for Student Leadership Program.. Congratulations to Darcy Mcknight, Summer McKinnon, Abbey Geddes, Morgan Williams, Will Stiles and Max Brownbridge. The selection panel which consisted of staff members and Year 10 students who had previously attended the School for Student Leadership program, reported to me that the way that all students who applied for this opportunity presented themselves was outstanding, making the selection process a very difficult one. Kwong Lee Dow Scholarship

Congratulations to Year 10 student Rosie Tunn-McGrath who has been awarded the Melbourne University Kwong Lee Dow Scholarship. Rosie will be attending a welcome event at Melbourne University in the middle of December. Queens Scout Award

Congratulations to Year 12 student Emily Kinross-Smith who was recently awarded a Queen's Scout award at Government House. It was jointly presented by the Governor of Victoria, the Honourable Linda Dessau OAM and her husband Mr Anthony Howard QC. The Queen's Scout award is the highest achievement of a youth member of the scouting movement. Golf Champion

Congratulations to Year 9 student Lachie Bath who qualified to compete in the nine hole event on the same course as the Australian Open Golf championship was being held last Saturday. Lachie not only competed but won the competition, beating other qualifiers from around the country. Awards Day

A reminder for parents and students to put the following date into your diary. The Awards Day Ceremony will be held on the Tuesday 19th December at Costa Hall. Activities week

The school will once again be running an activities week program for students from Thursday 14th December until Wednesday 20th December (which is the school picnic) with the exception of Tuesday 19th December which is our Awards Day.

Details of this program have been distributed to students. Students will be supervised on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd December if they are in attendance at school. Please contact the school if you haven’t received information around the activities week. DET Scholarships for 2018 Students have the opportunity to apply for a range of DET Scholarships for the 2018 school year which range in value from $350 - $2580 per year. There are a range of scholarships available for students but all have specific criteria associated with them. If you are interested in finding out more about these scholarships, look at the following website www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/scholarships/ for further information or contact the school with queries. Scholarship applications are now open and close on the 1st February, 2018. Tim McMahon

Wed 13th Year 7 Beach Activities day out Thurs 14th - Mon 18th Year 7-9 End of Year Activities. Frid 15th Year 12 Results Reports available from 1 pm Tues 19th Awards Day - 11 am Costa Hall Wed 20th School Picnic Thurs 21st Staff Professional Learning Program Program provided to those students in attendance. Parent/

Teacher Interviews if required by appointment. Frid 22nd LAST DAY OF SCHOOL TERM

JANUARY 2018

Thurs 25th School Office Open Frid 26th AUSTRALIA DAY - SCHOOL CLOSED Mon 29th Teachers return to school School Office Open Tues 30th STUDENTS IN YEARS 7, 11 & 12 COMMENCE SCHOOL Wed 31st STUDENTS IN YEARS 8, 9 & 10 COMMENCE SCHOOL

DECEMBER

Frid 1st LAST DAY OF YEAR 10 REGULAR CLASSES Mon 4th Year 10 Maths and English Exams Tues 5th Skateboarding Program for selected Year 7 & 8

students - Period 5 & 6 Tues 5th - Thurs 7th Year 11 2018 Commencement Program (Program Compulsory for all 2017 Year 10

students) T8 visit to Roslyn Primary School Period 5 & 6 Frid 8th School Captain training (for 2018) Sat 9th Warralily Christmas Market - Mirambeena Park,

Armstrong Creek Mon 11th 7A Bushwalking for Compass Award Tues 12th Year 8 You Yangs day out. Second-hand Book and Uniform Sale

Year 6 - 10 am - 11.30 am.

Years 7-12 - 12 Midday - 4.30 pm Tues 12th - Wed 13th Grade 6 Orientation Program - (Year 7 2018)

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

12 Pickett Crescent, Belmont, 3216 Ph: 5243 4444 Fax: 5244 2005 Web: www.oberonhs.vic.edu.au Email: oberon.hs@edumail.vic.gov.au

Absence Hotline - 0439 326 767 Issue 18 - Friday 1st December, 2017

All Students and Parents are invited to attend this special occasion which we regard as one of the most important events on the School’s Calendar. This ceremony celebrates the achievements of students with awards for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Outstanding Effort or for Citizenship/School Service throughout the year. Top students in Year 12 subjects, all students who achieve over 90% in the VCE score (ATAR) and our Year 12 Dux are also presented.

Students will be notified if they are to receive an award at the ceremony and, clearly, there is an expectation they will attend. All students attending and those receiving awards must be wearing correct school uniform. Awardees will not be presented on stage with their award if they are not in correct school uniform.

Students will be transported from Oberon to the Awards Ceremony by bus on the day. Please note this ceremony will take place at 11.00 am on Tuesday 19th December at Costa Hall.

OBERON AWARDS DAY

END OF SEMESTER REPORTS

End of Semester Reports will be available on the Parent Portal from Friday 15th December.

If you need assistance to log on to the Parent Portal please contact the

General Office.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Congratulations to Year 9 student Lachie Bath who qualified to compete in the nine hole event on the same course as the Australian Open Golf championship was being held last Saturday. Lachie not only competed but won the competition, beating other qualifiers from around the country. Well done Lachie!

Congratulations to Year 12 student Emily Kinross-Smith who received her Queen's Scout award at Government House on October 28th. It was jointly presented by the Governor of Victoria, the Honourable Linda Dessau OAM and her husband Mr Anthony Howard QC. The Queen's Scout award is the highest achievement of a youth member of the scouting movement. The Queen's Scout Award represents hours of dedicated development in areas including service to the community, leadership, personal growth and outdoor adventure. The 2015 Great Victorian Bike Ride, promotion and fundraising for the Vinnies Community Sleepout and training and participating in multiple school cross-country championships were some of the activities that helped Emily to attain this award. Well done Emily!

Last Friday all of our Year 7 students participated in Deakin’s Mission Possible Challenge- a day to introduce students to a university setting and explore future pathways through hands-on activities. Competition was hot like the weather for the Challenge event which saw small teams of students searching the Waurn Ponds campus for clues to crack the code. The ultimate winners were a trail blazing team from 7B. In the afternoon students were able to select 2 workshops from Architecture, Engineering, Occupational Therapy and Sports Science. Students were challenged to design and build sustainable newspaper sky scrapers, create egg-citing contraptions to protect eggs from great heights, guide one another blind folded up stairs and complete simple tasks one handed as well as leap and sprint using world class technology to track their progress. The Deakin Ambassadors were particularly impressed with the behaviour, motivation and insightful questions asked by our students. A huge thank you to the DEAP team for staging such a valuable and timely experience for our students. And a big shout out to the Year 7 teachers and Aides for their work on the day.

YEAR 7 MISSION POSSIBLE DAY

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School Audito-

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LANGUAGES NEWS

LANGUAGES CORNER

G8 INDONESIAN VISIT TO OBERON SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL

On Wednesday G8 visited the preps,1 and 2 class at Oberon South Primary to show their Indonesian Zoo movies. The Oberon South class were able to play card games, count bubbles in Indonesian, play gajah, orang, semut and many Angklung songs using the bamboo instruments. G8 were wonderful buddies and enjoyed teaching Indonesian to the group. Terima kasih to Bu Chamberlain.

NIKOLAUS – THURSDAY 7TH DECEMBER PM There is still time to register for this event next week at the German Club in Norlane. You will also have the opportunity to take part in some traditional German Christmas activities such as making decorations, cards, lolly houses and more. You will also be able to eat some delicious food! Nikolaus is expected to visit along with Knecht Ruprecht! See Frau Ray for further details.

GERMAN TRIP 2018- 2019 FOR STUDENTS LEARNING GERMAN

IN YEARS 8, 9, 10 IN 2018. The next round of exchange to Marburg in Germany is about to commence! The German group will be at Oberon during October-September 2018 and the Australian students will return the visit in 2019. Expressions of Interest will be available early in December. Look out for these! Contact Frau Ray after this week.

GINGERBREAD HOUSES YEAR 10 GERMAN Students in year 10 had lots of fun learning about German Christmas and Advent traditions and created some delicious “Lebkuchenhaeuschen”.

SUBJECTS

Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia Indonesisch indoneshiago インドネシアご

German Bahasa Jerman Deutsch doitsugo ドイツご

Japanese Bahasa Jepang Japanisch Nihongo にほんご

English Bahasa Inggeris Englisch eigo えいご

SOSE IPS Sozialkunde shakai しゃかい

Science IPA Naturwissenschaften kagaku かがく

Maths Ilmu Pasti Mathematik suugaku すうがく

Health Kesehatan Gesundheitserziehung hoken ほけん

PE PJ Sportunterricht taiiku たいいく

Sport Olahraga Sport supootsu スポーツ

Computing Komputer Informatik konpyuutaa コンピューター

Drama Drama Drama dorama ドラマ

Music Musik Musik ongaku おんがく

Art Kesenian Kunst bijutsu びじゅつ

Cooking Memasak Kochen ryouri りょうり

Grafics Grafika Grafik gurafikkusu グラフィックス

Electronics Ilmu Elektronika Elektronik denshikougaku でんしこうがく

Ceramics Keramik Keramik touki とうき

Sewing Menjahit Nähen kateika かていか

Metalwork Pertukangan Besi (Metallarbeit) kinzokukakou きんぞくかこう

Woodwork Pertukangan kazu Werken mokkou もっこう

BOOKLISTS

OBERON HIGH SCHOOL - SECONDHAND BOOK & UNIFORM SALE TUESDAY 12TH DECEMBER: IN THE UNIFORM SHOP

MONEY from sales of books and uniforms will be either:

Credited to your child’s school account or

Credited to your nominated Bank Account 20% commission is charged on all sales.

End of Term 2, 2018 will be the LAST opportunity to collect ANY unsold books. Books not collected will be considered a donation to the Chaplaincy Committee and boxed for disposal or sale at a later date.

Sales are Cash Only

10 am - 11.30 am - Year 7 2018 - Only uniforms available for sale. No second hand books available, all new novels for 2018.

12 midday - 4.30 pm - Years 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12.

Conditions of Sale : Correctly priced and labelled and NO Excessive Graffiti

An information sheet will be given to students with a list of books available to be bought and sold and a sheet of year level color coded labels to attach to books to be sold. (This information will also be available on the Parent Portal). Please staple/attach to ALL items with the following information:

Student Surname, First Name, Home Group, Address & Phone Number Title of Book & Recommended Sale Price

Please tick box if you wish proceeds to be allocated to your account

Parent/Guardian signature

Please tick box if you wish proceeds to be allocated to your bank account. Please include your bank account details.

Students can bring their books to be sold to the Uniform Shop every Friday between 1.00 pm - 1.30 pm up to Friday 8th December, or to the Office.

ATTENTION PARENTS

IF YOU HAVE BOOKS TO SELL THAT ARE NOT ON OUR 2018 BOOK LISTS, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SELL THEM AT:

SECONDHAND SCHOOL SUPPLIES GEELONG STORE

9 STAR STREET GEELONG 52 29 7766 www.secondhandschoolsupplies.com.au

info@secondhandbooksupplies.com.au

Textbooks, Uniforms, Calculators Trading Hours

November to March 9 am - 5 pm Monday to Friday April to October 3 pm - 5 pm School Days Only

Also open on Saturday 4th & 11th December 9 am - 12 midday

If this store is unable to sell your books they can also donate them to a charity that assists overseas children in need.

Our 2018 Booklists are now online and available at www.officemaxschools.com.au or by following the link on the school’s website www.oberonhs.vic.edu.au A simple step by step guide along with the booklist is attached to a message on the parent portal so please email me at baj@oberonhs.vic.edu.au if you need help with logging in. Year 7-10 parents please note: the textbooks for Maths, English, Humanities, Science & HAPE are all provided in the “Jacaranda Textbook Package & Education Perfect Online Learning Program”. NB: This is located at the bottom of the booklist: it is a $180 charge. Once on the www.officemaxschools.com.au home page you’ll need to type in “Oberon High” and then use the unique login code of 2TT9R to access your booklist. Please note: the online program has automatically selected all items. It is advised that if you don't require the item, you can click on the bin icon to the right of each item to remove them from your order. This process also applies to any fees or charges for which you would like to make payment at a later date. Payment plans and Centrepay options are still available by contacting the office. Copies of the booklists are also available via the office at Oberon High School and the office staff would be happy to help you complete your booklists on our computers in the school foyer. Please be aware that all payments made before December 3rd will ensure free delivery by the end of the school year.

Please contact me if you have any queries Josh Baker Assistant Principal

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER - PLEASE NOTE IN YOUR DIARY

YEAR 12 Friday 15th December

Year 12 Results

YEAR 10

Monday 4th December Tuesday 5th December – Thursday 7th December

Year 10 Maths and English Exams Year 10 into 11 VCE 2018 Commencement Program at Oberon (Program compulsory

for all 2017 Year 10 students). Thursday 7th December is the last day at school

for Year 10 students.

YEAR 6, 7, 8 & 9 Tuesday 12th December Wednesday 13th December Thursday 14th, Friday 15th and Monday 18th December

Year 7 2018 Orientation Program Morning Tea for Year 7 Parents/Guardians Year 7 2018 Orientation Program Last day of classes for Year 7, 8 & 9 students End of Year Activities for Years 7 - 9 - details will be distributed to students

ALL YEAR LEVELS Tuesday 12th December Tuesday 19th December Wednesday 20th December Thursday 21st December

Friday 22nd December

Oberon High School Second Hand Book and Uniform Sale

Oberon Awards Day - Costa Hall 11.00 a.m. All students are expected to attend School Picnic Staff Professional Learning Program Parent/Teacher Interviews as required by appointment Program provided for those students in attendance LAST DAY OF SCHOOL TERM

COMMENCEMENT DATES FOR EARLY 2018

Thursday 25th January Friday 26th January Monday 29th January Tuesday 30th January Wednesday 31st January Thursday 1st February Friday 2nd February Monday 12th February Wednesday 14th February Friday 16th February Thursday 8th March

Monday 12th March Wednesday 21st March - Friday 23rd March

Thursday 22nd March

School Office Open Australia Day – School Closed Teachers return to school School Office Open Students in Years 7, 11 & 12 commence school Students in Years 8, 9 & 10 commence school. All students now in attendance.

Year 7 meet the teachers BBQ Year 7 beach day with Year 10 buddies School Swimming Sports School Photos School Photos catch up School Athletic Sports – Landy Field Labour Day Public Holiday - School Closed

Year 7 Camp - Anglesea

Year 7 Immunisations

IMMUNISATION CATCH UP

For Year 7 students (Gardasil) & Yr. 10, 11, 12 students (Meningococcal W)

Barwon Health Immunisation Belmont 1-17 Reynolds Rd, Belmont, 3216

Tuesday 12/12/17 & Thursday 14/12/17

Phone Barwon Health Immunisation 42156963 to arrange (other ses-sion times available) Or contact your GP

Funding for Meningococcal ends 31/12/17

END OF YEAR ACTIVITIES

A REMINDER TO PARENTS OF STUDENTS IN YEARS 7 - 9

Could students in Years 7 - 9 who have not returned their End of Year Activity forms please return them as soon as possible with payment to the General Office.

Please note that signed forms must be returned even if students are not attending activity program.

RUBICON YEAR 9

WHITE WATER RAFTING CAMP

A group of Year 9 students recently enjoyed the challenge of white water rafting down the

Mitchell River as part of the Rubicon Leadership Camp.

These photos are a testimony of their wonderful adventure.

Anglesea Football Netball club invite Junior netball players, to an information/meet the coaches/training/sausage sizzle night. 5pm-6pm

Thursday December 14th at Anglesea Netball courts, llimatta Road Anglesea.

For further information please phone Maz on 0425804358

or we will see you there.

Saturday 9th December

4 - 8 pm Mirambeena Park, Warralily Boulevard, Armstrong Creekl

The Warralily Christmas Spectacular is happening again for it's 4th year! The day will kick off with the Warralily Market, where you will be able to

grab that unique Christmas gift or treat for yourself while listening to wonderful performances by local schools. There's plenty of

entertainment for kids of all ages, delicious food vendors and of course beautiful Christmas Carols.

Come and visit the Oberon High School promotional and fundraising display. Our students will be performing and selling

handcrafted gifts and would love your support.