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IMPORTANT DATES

September 2018

13th –20th (Thurs-Thurs) - Year 11 Pre Driver Ed

13th ((Thurs) - Last day Music Term 3

14th (Fri) - TECA Public Speaking Final at RSC

18th (Tue) - Year 10 Road Smart Presentation

19th (Wed) - Parent/Teacher Interviews 4 - 7 pm

21st (Fri) - Year 7-10 CAS Excursion to Bendigo

21st (Fri) - Last day of Term 2.30 pm Dismissal

October 2018

8th (Mon) - First Day of Term 3

9th (Tue) - Year 12 October Test

11th (Thurs) - LMR Athletics

12th (Fri) - Intermediate Cricket at RSC

14th-19th (Sun-Fri) - MS Tour to Queensland

22nd-26th (Mon-Fri) - Year 10 Work Experience

31st (Wed) - Year 12 English Exam

To keep up to date with all the great achievements of our students please follow us on Facebook or check our website www.rochsec.vic.edu.au

SCHOOL MEETINGS

Thursday 25th October School Council 7.30 pm

The Rochester Review Melissa Gould -

Acting Principal’s

Final Report

Volume 634 Issue 1, 13th September, 2018

www.rochsec.vic.edu.au Phone: 5484 1844 Fax: 5484 2348

rochester.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au

Our 2018 Funday was a huge success, magnificent weather allowed students and staff to enjoy the variety of activities and all the delicious food. Our SRC team, led by Mardi Ryan, did a power of work behind the scenes organising and coordinating the event, we congratulate them on their work and thank them for their efforts. Mrs Ruth Borger contributed many, many hours of work in ensuring the day ran smoothly for all to enjoy, we cannot thank Mrs Borger enough for the work she put in to the day. We thank all our families who contributed baked goods and sauces for our cake stall, the display of food was outstanding. Our afternoon concluded with entertainment from our Year 12 students, it was a delightful way to finish a very “Fun Day”. The Rochester Secondary College community should be very proud of themselves, the success of the day was a true credit to all who attended. We received our NAPLAN results this month and overall the results are good. The data shows that student growth from Year 7 2016 to Year 9 2018 is above state average in Writing, Reading, Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation. This is an excellent indication that when students enrol at Rochester Secondary College it is expected they show substantial growth in their learning. The improvement in learning is also evident by the fact that 100% of Year 9 students are above the Min-imum National Standard for Reading and 98% of Year 9 are above for Numeracy. There is still considerable work to be done to continue with our improvement cycle but these results are encouraging that the focussed work is improving student out-comes. Individual NAPLAN results have been sent out to families. Congratulations to Matt Blow and James Shaw who were awarded the Australian Defence Force Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award at our whole school as-sembly. Both these boys regularly demonstrate leadership, courage, problem solv-ing, are resourceful and contribute to the wider community. Matt and James are excellent ambassadors for Rochester Secondary College. With only one week left of Term 3 our Year 12 students are working towards their exams and completing their final SACTs. This can be an incredibly stressful time for families and students, and we encourage parents and students to speak with their teachers to ensure they are managing the extra pressures that come with this time of year. Many of our teachers are offering additional study sessions to focus on revision and study techniques, please encourage your student to ask for help if they need it. It is important that our students support one another and continue to work hard towards the exams. I would like to extend a sincere thank you to Rochester Secondary College and the Rochester community for welcoming me during Term 3. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the College, and I have really enjoyed getting to know the students. The staff at the College have been incredibly supportive and open to new ideas and I thank them for their ongoing commitment to the students and their hard work towards improving students’ outcomes both academically and with their wellbe-ing. Melissa Gould, Acting Principal

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Rochester Secondary College’s Long Tan Award Winners

A t yesterday’s school assembly, two students were awarded the extremely prestigious Australian Defence Force Long Tan Award. The ADF provide two awards annually; one at Year 10 level and one at Year 12, for students who show the values of Teamwork, Resourcefulness, Community Spirit and Involvement, Communication, Problem Solving and a high standard of values.

Matthew Blow was this year’s Year 10 recipient in recognition of his determination, hard work and high achievements against all odds along with his problem solving and communication. James Shaw of Year 12 was acknowledged for his overall values, his level of coopera-tion and resourcefulness. The two boys receive $250 and $500 respectively, from the ADF. We congratulate these winners and acknowledge their values and leadership traits within our school and the wider community.

Barbara McCarty, Assistant Principal

Pictured above are our very worthy ADF Long Tan Recipients: Above are: Mrs Melissa Gould (Acting Principal, Matt Blow, Leonie

Matthew Blow - Year 10 and James Shaw - Year 12. Blow, James Shaw and Annie Shaw.

40 Year of Service for Geoff Ringin

C ongratulations to Geoff Ringin on receiving recognition from the

Department of Education and Training for 40 years of service to

Public education.

Rochester Secondary College would like to express our gratitude for Geoff’s

years of commitment, dedication and loyalty to our students and the wider

community.

Pictured left are Education Minister James Merlino presenting Geoff Ringin

with his certificate of service.

Reports and Parent – Teacher Interviews

A ll students will receive their Term Three Reports tomor-row (Friday 14th Sept.)

Please read through the report with your child, discuss the results and teacher feedback, then decide which teachers you would like to see to discuss your child’s progress. Parent/Teacher Interviews will be conducted on Wednesday 19th of September, between 4.00 and 6.30pm. Students will be able to make Parent/Teacher Interview appoint-ments on Monday and Tuesday next week. Please ensure your child knows your best available time for the evening. Please note that interviews will take place in our Library/Home Economics wing, Technology Centre and Administration building. Maps will be available from the office.

Waste Pioneer Program

C ongratulations to Jack Oogjes and Jarrad Kyne! Their pitch

came third in the Waste Pioneer Program that was run by

Veolia in conjunction with the Shire of Campaspe.

Year 9 Gold Coast Tour Final Payment

T he final payment of $210 for the MS Tour will be due on Wednesday 19th September. Could all payments be final-ised before the end of Term 3.

If you require further information in regard to any payments please contact our Business Manager, Mrs Caroline Fiedler.

Student Accident Insurance

P arents are reminded that Rochester Secondary College does not provide personal accident insurance for students whilst at school or on camp. There are some companies

that provide this service if parents wish to take out a policy. Below is the contact details of one such company. All contact re-garding these matters must be done through the company and not the school. The school does not endorse any particular com-pany but provides a service by passing on contact information to parents. EMB Insurance Brokers – www.studentcover.com.au

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FUNDAY 2018

O n a beautiful sunny day last Friday, Rochester Secondary College held its biennial Funday. Every form group ran at least one activity, with the help of their tireless form teach-

ers. In addition there were two inflatable activities from The Zone, the Lions’ fairy floss machine, Leanne Hooper's Spray Tattoos and Mr Brooks coffee van.

Many thanks to Susan Coghill, Sharon Williams and Bruce Macague for cooking a delicious BBQ. Students from both St Joseph’s and the primary school came for lunch and a look around. This year also saw an excellent participation and assistance rate from the Year 12 group, a highlight being the talent quest at the end of the day.

It was wonderful to see parents, grandparents and friends visit the school – we even had a pet snake come for a look around! From Dev-onshire tea to pizza and hot dogs, there was plenty to eat. Face painting and the Haunted House were hits with children of all ages. As usual all our students enjoyed a break from classroom routine, but it was also really pleasing to see groups and individuals teaming up to make the day a success. Plenty of hard workers start their jour-ney to student leadership at Funday.

The SRC executive should feel very proud of their efforts. The College thanks you – Mardi Ryan, Jessica Horkings, Lachlan Wallace, Brock Wright, Ella Haisman, Dimity Pearson, Sarah Trewick and Madesyn Honey. Well done to you all!

Ruth Borger, SRC Facilitator

Topportunity to attend during lunch time. So please bring mon-ey for lunch and activities.

empowerme Training

O n Monday 3 September, two carloads of very nervous Year 10 students set out for Bendigo to take part in em-powerme!, a special self development workshop run at

Girton College by trainers from the Portsea and Lord Somers camps program.

While the participants were taken out of their ‘comfort zone’ by some of the activities (Nash Hocking playing the didgeridoo in front of a hundred or so strangers is one example) it was a valua-ble opportunity to practice their communication skills, away from their usual circle of friends.

Being willing to try new things is an advantage for your whole life. It is also a vitally important challenge for all learners, so the fol-lowing ‘adventurous few’ should be very proud of themselves: Shanae Gibson, Ella Roulston, Ben Atley, Charlie Ryan, Jack Oogjes, Ella McPhee, Nash Hocking and Emma Palmer.

Many thanks to Cathy Ryan for driving students to and from the activity.

Ruth Borger, SRC Facilitator

Inside the Science Wing of Rochester Secondary

Colleges New Building

T hese photos were taken during the last week. They shows the colours of the new cabinets that have been installed in our Science wing.

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Year 11 Health & Human Development Class

T he Year 11 Health and Human Development class were lucky

enough to have some special visitors come in to help learn

about child development.

Mrs Anita White kindly brought in her two gorgeous boys, Ted and

Paddy. The boys allowed the students the opportunity to have a clos-

er look into the infancy and childhood stages of development, with

Ted being 18 months old and Paddy being four years old.

The students had pre-prepared questions to ask Mrs White so that

they could further develop their knowledge on pregnancy, prepara-

tion for children, motherhood, and child developmental milestones.

The visit allowed the students to physically see some of the develop-

mental milestones we have been discussing in class and helped to

link everything they have learnt together. Huge thank-you to Mrs

White and the boys for coming in for the lesson.

Miss Lusted, Health and PE La Trobe Student Teacher.

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2018 Murray River Culinary Challenge

T he ‘2018 Murray River Culinary Challenge Grand Final’ was held yesterday at Echuca TAFE. Our extremely talented finalists were Stephanie Crouch and Jasmin Malham who had won their way into this prestigious Grand Final by winning the Regional Final.

The girls’ task for the day was to prepare, cook, plate and serve, four serves of a three course meal. The menu was as follows: DISH 1: Smoked trout and spinach tart with roasted pumpkin, feta and rocket salad DISH 2: Herb crusted lamb rack with olive oil mash, buttered spring vegetables and red wine jus DISH 3: Spiced cranberry poached pears There were four teams of two students from the Murray River Regions including Wangaratta, Murray Valley, Goulburn Murray and our students representing Campaspe Region. The teams were judged on bench & stove work, workflow, OH&S, hygiene methods and principles of cookery, preparation of three menu items and creative presentation. Our students worked beautifully together, staying calm throughout the two hours of arduous work. Their delivered meals looked and tasted sensational. After the judges had made their final tallies of each team, on each course based on the many criteria, our girls came an extremely close runners-up to the winners from Wangaratta. Congratulations must go to Steph and Jasmin who represented our school amazingly well and we could not be more proud of their efforts, their talents and their professionalism in this competition and their hospitality studies and skills overall. Well done girls!

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Barista Training Begins!

O n Friday 31 August our first six students undertook barista training on the College’s brand new coffee machine. This initiative has been undertaken with the profits from the Rochester Secondary College Debutante Ball of 2017. It is an exciting new development for the College’s vocational pathway, recognising the value of workplace skills for our senior students.

The training was provided free of charge to Year 12s James Shaw, Jack Trewick, Jasmine O’Donoghue, Gabby McCaig, Elise Williams and Year 11 Wallace Green. Leon McAsey and Joel Raglus from JR’s Coffee were our very patient trainers and the back kitchen smelled abso-lutely wonderful that day!

Keep an eye on the bulletin and an ear on the announcements; our new baristas will be practising very soon! Teachers have nobly volun-teered to be the guinea pigs. Coffee will be served to senior students and staff only, but there will be hot chocolates for everyone.

Ruth Borger, VCAL Coordinator

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Loddon Mallee Regional Athletics Carnival

O n Monday our interschool athletics team travelled to Bendigo to compete against the other schools in our district. We had a very successful day, bringing home 4 trophies and having a number of students winning events, which means they move on to the Loddon Mallee Regional Athletics Carnival which is the first week back after the holidays. Yazmin Hayes broke 2 records and was

also the 16 Years Female Age Champion. Charlie Palmer was also crowned the 13 Years Male Age Champion.

The following students will be representing our district at the LMR athletics next term: Dimity Pearson, Charlie Palmer, Charlee Roulston, Samuel Ryan, Teal Hocking, Cooper Hamilton, Yazmin Hayes, Zoe Borger and Zahra Hayes.

FOOTY COLOURS DAY

W hen: Friday 21st September

Rochester Secondary College would love you to wear your favourite Footy

Colours, on the last day of Term 3. Bring a gold coin donation.

The money will go towards kids living with cancer and St Vincent de Paul (Rochester) as

part of our Year 7 PBL Project.

Thank you, Jo Brown, Alexandra Ingram, Summer Pain, Sneha Gosai and Bodey Abbott.

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PICK MY PROJECT – ROCHESTER SPORTS MUSEUM

HELP FORBESY BRING HIS DREAM TO REALITY

https://pickmyproject.vic.gov.au/rounds/pick-my-project/

ideas/rochester-sports-museum-a-rochester-lions-club-

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Community Grants

Pick my project is a $30M Victorian Government online com-munity grants program that gives Victorians the opportunity to suggest project ideas within their communities.

Colbinabbin has submitted a project for $112,500.00 to have the Colbinabbin Silo’s painted.

The title of the project is called; ‘The Colbinabbin Silo Art trail’

In order for this project to be granted we require the commu-nities support by attending online voting process.

Voting is now open – and will close on Monday 17th Septem-

ber 5pm.

Announcements of successful projects will be notified in October.

Any Victorian Resident age 16 years and over can vote.

If you want to vote for this project - Here’s how you vote!

Step 1: Head to the Pick My project website: https://pickmyproject.vic.gov.au/rounds/pick-my-project/ideas/the-colbinabbin-silo-art-trail

Step 2: Register your details by following the prompts.

Step 3: Choose THREE projects that you want to vote for in Loddon area (including The Colbinabbin Silo Art Trail), all 3 projects are of equal value.

Step 4: Submit your vote with a mobile phone verification code- and you are all done.

If you would like more information and/or have trouble voting please don’t hesitate to contact Sadie Vale 0407 548 412

REMINDER Elmore Tennis Club Please Register

your interest

The Elmore Tennis Club is looking for players for the 2018/19 sea-

son. Players of all experience are welcome! Competition begins

early October and finishes in March.

Juniors play on Saturday mornings and Seniors play on Saturday

afternoons. Fill ins/ Emergencies are also appreciated.

For more information or to register your details, please contact

Bryce Niven (0458 111 544) or Jordan Tobin (0429 520 495)

Lockington & District Junior Basketball

Season 2018/2019 on Wednesday Nights

All children from Grade 3 (born 2009) - Year 9 (born 2003) are eligible to play.

Any new players please contact:

Elizabeth Mitchell 0428 8623 50 lizcorey@bigpond.com or Michelle Stone 0417 599 724 stoneybmobk@bigpond.com

By Friday 21st September

The season will commence early 4th term