RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY HIGH EXPECTATIONS INTEGRITY

Monday 20th August 2018

Benalla P-12 College Newsletter Executive Principal-Tony Clark

Email: benalla.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

Web: www.benallap12.vic.edu.au

Avon St Campus (Prep-Yr 4)

Ph: (03) 5762 1646 Fax: (03) 5762 2740 Attendance Hotline

5762 1646

Waller St Campus (Prep-Yr 4)

Ph: (03) 5762 2600 Fax: (03) 5762 3863 Attendance Hotline

5762 2600

Faithfull St Campus (Yr 5-9)

Ph: (03) 5761 2777 Fax: (03) 5762 4076 Attendance Hotline

5761 2747

Barkly St Campus (Yr 10-12)

Ph: (03) 5761 2888 Fax: (03) 5762 5276 Attendance Hotline

5761 2810

Dear Parents and Members of the School Community,

Staffing - Welcome back to Avon Campus Assistant Principal, Jo Treacy and Numeracy Leader, Alison Schneider after their study trip to Canada. They will have plenty of stories to share and we look forward to hearing all about the learning they did over there. I would also like to thank Ann Weaire for her fabulous work as Acting Assistant Principal at Avon Street for the first 4 weeks of term. Ann ensured the smooth operation of the Avon Campus each and every day and did a great job. Waller Street Campus Assistant Principal Heather Leary is also returning from sick leave today. It is great for all of us to have Heather back. This means that Sarah Whiley will return to her Year 1/2 class at Waller Street. Once again, I would like to thank Sarah for her excellent work as Acting Assistant Principal at the Waller Campus. Jodi Burnett has resigned from her Year 1/2 classroom teacher position at Waller Street. I would like to thank Jodi for her commitment to the College and for her hard work in ensuring a quality teaching program for her students. Jenny Muller will take over the 1/2 class for the rest of this term. School Review – As I have mentioned previously, the school in undertaking a review in Term 4. We are preparing by completing our pre-review self-evaluation. I have met with some parent groups on different campuses to get some feedback about our performance. I would be keen to hear from any other parents who would like to be involved and provide feedback about any aspect of our operation. If you would like to do this, please contact the school to make a time with me. Building Project – The predicted completion dates are still as planned, with Avon Street expected to be completed by the end of term and the Faithfull Street Senior building completed by December 21st. These new renovations and building projects will provide greatly enhanced learning and teaching spaces for our students and staff. Inclusive Playground at Faithfull Campus – Last week I met with the builders and architects of this project for the Faithfull Street site. It is scheduled to start on October 22nd and will take 6 weeks to complete. They will be accessing the site via Helms Court and will ensure safe passage of all materials at times other than when students are using that area. This will be a fantastic project that will enhance the grounds enormously and provide inclusive opportunities for students. Parent-Teacher Interviews – Thankyou to those parents who came in to a Parent-Teacher Interviews last week. These meetings are a very important part of our assessment and reporting processes and provide an important opportunity for parents to ask questions and get feedback about your child’s progress at school. I hope that those who attended found the time valuable. I am also interested in getting feedback from parents about the timing of the interviews, so if you have any feedback please contact the school and ask to speak to me. High Expectations – This is one of our school values and one, we try to live

by every day. It relates to many things, including uniform, attendance, behaviour, being ready to learn and completing work in class. You can help

support us in this area by ensuring your child attends school on time, wears uniform every day, and understands the rules about mobile phones in the classroom.

Tony Clark Executive Principal

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Dates to Remember:

2018 Term Dates 16th July –21st September

8th October –21st December

August 21 School Captains Overnight Canberra Trip

Year 9 OED-Reef Hills

August 22 Year 9,10 & 11 Course Counselling Day

Community Reading Morning

Avon Street Book Parade 9.00am

August 28 Year 5/6 CFA Safety Awareness

August 31 Year 5/6 AFL Footy Coaching Clinic

Whole School Assembly –Faithfull St Gymnasium 11.30am

September 4 Year 9 Melbourne Art Connect

Year 8OED Hut Building

September 7 Year 11 Fit2Drive Program

Benalla P-12 Uniform Shop

2018 Open Days

Wednesday 22nd August 3pm-5pm

Wednesday 10th October 3pm-6pm

Wednesday 21st November 10am-5pm (prep intake and last uniform day for the Year)

Orders can be placed over the phone and delivered to your nearest campus.

Call Judds Yarrawonga on 5744 1269 for any further details

Every day counts, even when your child is anxious

How can I tell if my child has anxiety? Signs of anxiety include;

Having lots of worries and a strong need for reassurance

Psychosomatic symptoms which occur before school(e.g. nausea, stomach

aches, headaches etc)

Crying, being clingy or fidgeting when nervous

Sleep problems such as difficulty falling to sleep, nightmares or trouble

sleeping alone

Fear and avoidance of a range of different issues and situations

If you feel your child is experiencing anxiety and not wanting to come to school, please speak with your child’s teacher or contact one of our student wellbeing team members who can offer assistance and make recommendations about professional support if needed. Help us to help you, please contact one of our Wellbeing Team, Craig, Bron, Lou or Scott to assist with your child and their attendance.

Avon St Campus -Scott Greig 5762 1646

Waller St Campus -Bron Greig 5762 2600

Faithfull St Campus -Lou McCloskey 5761 2777

Barkly St Campus -Craig Carley 5761 2888

Years F-4 Avon & Waller Street Campus News

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Avon Street Scholastic Book Club Orders are due in by

9.00am Wednesday 29th August Scholastic Books can be ordered and paid for online through Scholastic Book Club Loop Orders using your credit card. Three easy steps can be found on the back page of the catalogue. If paying by cheque, please make payable to Scholastic Book Club and return to the office by the due date.

Please note that late orders cannot be accepted. For more information contact Scholastic Book Club

1800 021 233

The Year 1 and 2 students are learning about Amazing Animals. Tyler taught Miss Challman’s class all about Turtles.

“They only grow to the size of a normal fish tank. My turtle is 3 years old. It is slowly growing. I named them Charlie and Harry.” Aaliyah taught the grade all about Reptiles. “My favourite reptiles are snakes, turtles and crocodiles.” “I love snakes because they have no legs and because they have nice silky skin.”

We love learning about amazing animals!

In Art, so far, we have drawn lop sided Picasso faces. We saturated their faces with colour then made city light posters with billboards and fire works. We love Art it is AWESOME!! By Amali Mackenzie

When we have spare Art time sometimes we have drawing. In drawing, I have tried really hard to copy the cover of Fred and Finn. I drew it first and coloured it in and it looked great By Riley Southerland

A Reminder !!! Avon Street Premiers Reading Challenge closes Friday 24th august

Don’t forget our Book

Parade this Wednesday

22nd August 9.00am

We are inviting all students to dress up as their favourite book character on Wednesday to celebrate Book Week.

Family and friends are welcome to join us.

Prizes will be awarded to the best

dressed

FOUNDATION – Year 4 UNIFORM (Waller and Avon Campuses)

Winter Uniform – Terms 2 & 3 Black, firm fitting shoes, with enclosed toes. No ballet flats. Sports shoes are acceptable. School Polo Top (short or long sleeved) Plain navy tracksuit pants, navy shorts or long navy slacks. Cargo pants, jeans, corduroys, basketball shorts or run-

ning shorts, are not acceptable.

Leggings (not skins) are acceptable, but only if worn under a shirt or pinafore

School tartan pinafore worn with plain white skivvy or long sleeved T-shirt and navy tights or white socks

Plain navy skirt School windcheater School blue woollen jumper School navy hat Navy School Jacket

Please note, the summer dress should not be worn with tights or long sleeve shirts underneath.

Clothing items, such as jumpers and hats, should be clearly named. If you are experiencing financial difficulty with uniforms, please don’t hesitate to contact Bron (Waller Campus) or Scott (Avon Campus) to explore options for support.

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Students of the Week

BENALLA P-12 COLLEGE WALLER ST CAMPUS PARENTS &

FRIENDS ASSOCIATION

$1.00 per ticket

$50.00 Voucher North East Hotel Benalla $50.00 Voucher Benalla Mitre 10

Please return raffle book (even if not sold) and mon-ey in provided ziplock bag before Friday, 31st August

2018 to Waller St Campus Administration Office.

Congratulations Peyton, Corey, Meagan, Nicolas, Liam, Laura, Bill, Charlize, Callisto and Willow

BENALLA P-12 COLLEGE—WALLER ST CAMPUS

2018 SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB LOOP ORDERS—ISSUE 6

The 2018 Scholastic Book Club (Issue 6) catalogues have been distributed to all students at Waller St Campus. Students and parents are reminded that all book orders must be submitted online through Scholastic Book Club Loop Orders by Thursday, 6th September 2018. Details re ordering are located on the back page of the Scholastic Book Club catalogue.

6th September

Congratulations to today’s Students of the Week. Back: Deakin, Elly and Harry (on behalf of 1/2T), Ruby, Tyler, Trae and Alex Front: Daniel, Ryan, Thomas, Billy and Nicole

Year 5-9 Faithfull Street Campus News

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Citizenship Award

‘About You’ Survey! What is ‘About You’? ‘About You’ is a survey of Victoria’s young people, conducted by Colmar Brunton on behalf of the Department of Education and Training. The About You survey takes place in Victorian schools every two years and collects essential information on the health, wellbeing, learning and safety of young people aged 10 to 18. Government schools with students in Year 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 are being invited to participate in the survey in 2018. Students in Catholic and Independent schools are also being invited to take part. The information collected will assist in the development of programs, resources and services aimed at meeting the needs of young Victorians.

Who will participate? One or two classes of Year 5 students, and all students in Year 7, 8, 10 and 11 will be invited to participate in the survey from our school. It is up to you and your child as to whether they take part. The school will send an information letter explaining the background and content of the survey, along with a refusal-of-consent form home with your child, and to your email address. If you do not want your child to be included in the study, you should return the refusal-of-consent form to the school, or opt out via the email address that will be supplied. All responses are voluntary and students can opt out at any time. For further information, please contact Gillian Davenport at the

Department of Education and Training via email

AboutYou.Survey@edumail.vic.gov.au

Scholarship Update All Scholarship Applications for Year 5 to 9 have been re-ceived. The testing will be conducted for Year 5 and 6 students next Monday 20th August, in the Learning Centre at 9.15am Year 7 and 8 students will have their testing during period 3 and 4, on that day, in the Learning Centre. Interviews will take place for the shortlisted candidates on Mon-day 27th August and Tuesday 28th August. Winners will be an-nounced at the assembly on the 31st August.

Last weeks student of the week were; Bianca Booker, Joley Cherry, Chelsea Edgar, Liam Hopgood, Jakob Decker, Murray Davis, Cody Marks (absent).

Congratulations Emily Buka who was this month’s Ray White recipient.

Year 7 Information Booklets Thank you to all of those families who attended the Year 7 Information Evening last Monday night. We were overwhelmed with the response which sadly meant that we ran out of information booklets for families to take home. Due to the size of the file we are unable to post it online but students can collect a copy from their Year 6 teacher at the Clarke St Campus.

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Year 6 B have been very busy reading and writing poetry... We have learnt all about Limerick, Haiku, Free Verse, Sonnet and Ballad poetry. We are working towards creating a Poetry Anthology which we will publish on the iPad app "Book Creator". In maths we have been learning about data and graphing and just finished a project on this. Many of the students produced outstanding work, showcasing their understanding. Our classroom reading lounge room has been transformed into a green screen area and many of the students have playing around with a new green screen App to become experts. We are looking forward to creating and producing Information Report with this program.

Warby Ranges Bushwalk The Year 8 Outdoor Education class spent Tuesday 14th August bushwalking through the Sunrise Walking Track Complex at Warby

Ranges. The students put their newly learnt skills of navigation and map reading to the test,

easily navigating their way through the multiple walking

loops. The weather stayed clear for the

day allowing the students to enjoy

playing many games of Camouflage throughout the day.

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Barkly Campus Assistant Principals Report

I would like to thank all the parents and students that attended the parent/teacher interviews last Thursday and Friday. It was great to witness students, parents and teachers working together to discuss ways of improving student outcomes.

On Wednesday August 22nd, we are holding our Course selection day at the Faithfull Campus where students and parents will come in to their appointment and establish their course for 2019. This is a great opportunity for students and parents to get all the information they need to make an informed choice of subjects for next year. Please make use of this day.

On Wednesday 1st August, the Year 11 and 12 VET Sport and recreation classes from Benalla P-12 College set off to the top of Mt Hotham for a three day snowboarding trip. On the trip were 38 students and 7 staff. The entire trip was organised by the Year 12 Sport & Rec class as part of their course work requirements. The class did an outstanding job of ordering all food for the camp, gathering all students details in order to book lift, lesson and hire of equipment, arranging ability groups, sleeping dorms, cooking & cleaning rosters and the rules and regulations for the camp. We stayed in the Jalanga lodge on top of Mt Hotham for three days

(which meant no painful bus trips up and down the mountain each

day). On arrival, we found the weather to be perfect. The sun was

out, no wind and fresh snow everywhere for the majority of the

three days. Each day students had a one and a half hour lesson in the

morning and then split up into their ability groups to board around

the mountain. All students made sure they got their money’s worth,

boarding whenever they had the chance from the moment the lifts

were open to the moment they closed. It was an amazing time and

an incredible experience for all students which created life long

memories and friendships.

It was a wet and chilly Wednesday morning when our Senior Girls Netball team went to represent Southern Ranges and our College at the Hume Region Netball finals. For some, this will be their last time playing Netball for the school. They were scheduled to play three matches for the day against Galen College, Sacred Heart Yarrawonga and Catholic College Wodonga. Most of the girls were thankful for the opportunity to play netball and have a fun enjoyable day until that first whistle, first centre pass then white line fever hit as it then became really competitive. The girls started the day with a win and finished up with two loses. Each game it took the girls a few minutes to settle into the pace and style of the other schools. Once the girls started to control and move towards the ball it made it easier to transition from one end to the other, giving our shooters better opportunities to score. Each girl played the role that coach Pip O’Donoghue gave them and responded well to the feedback that was given. There were so many highlights throughout the day with Alex Robinson and Britt Button always fighting for front position or a tip of the ball down in defence. Georgie Uebergang and Kate O’Donoghue always looked dangerous as the ball came in. Chloe Cook, Shae Skelton and Taylah Grubissa provided great support through the centre. Overall it was great to start the day with a win and the girls left their run too late in the last game. They continued to be competitive throughout the day and demonstrated great sportsmanship to other schools and the umpires. Well done on an enjoyable day.

Mr Thomas – Sports Coordinator

When: Monday the 20th of August until Friday the 24th August

Where:

Waller Campus Library Monday 12.00-4.00pm Friday 12.00-4.00pm Faithfull Campus Library Monday –Friday 1.30-4.00pm

Come along and grab a bargain!!!

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Community News

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Out of School Hours Care

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Avon Campus: 0428 014 133

Waller Campus: 0407 715 660

OSHC PHONE Dear Parents/Carers If you need to contact OSHC after hours e.g after 6:00pm Monday to Friday, there

will be no-one to answer the phone, so please leave a message and someone will

return your call/message the next day/morning.

Monday 23/7 Tuesday 24/7 Wednesday 25/7 Thursday 26/7 Friday 27/7

Activity

Elastics &

Sand art Afternoon tea

Fruit, Raisin toast, milk & juice

Activity

Fruit Salad

& zoob Afternoon tea

Fruit, soup & toast, milk & juice

Activity

Golden child & play dough Afternoon tea

Fruit, kabana & dip, milk & juice

Activity

Ball games & colour-ing Afternoon tea

Fruit, noodles, milk & juice

Activity

Play dough & lego

Afternoon tea

Fruit, pancakes, milk & juice

Monday 30/7 Tuesday 31/7 Wednesday 01/8 Thursday 02/8 Friday 03/8

Activity

Basketball & TV

Afternoon tea

Fruit, cocktail franks, milk & juice

Activity

Totem tennis & jig-saw Afternoon tea

Fruit, noodles, milk & juice

Activity

Football & colouring

Afternoon tea

Fruit, dim sims, milk & juice

Activity

Hula hoops & hama beads Afternoon tea

Fruit ,Raisin toast, milk & juice

Activity

Dance & football Afternoon tea

Fruit, kabana & cheese, milk & juice

Monday 23/7 Tuesday 24/7 Wednesday 25/7 Thursday 26/7 Friday 27/7

Activity

Drawing & sandpit Afternoon Tea

Fruit, cereal, milk & juice.

Activity

Board games & Jocks Playground Afternoon Tea

Fruit, milk & Juice. Mini Hot Dogs

Activity

Bubbles & skipping

Afternoon Tea

Fruit, biscuits & spreads, milk & juice.

Activity

Bowling & totem Tennis. Afternoon Tea

Fruit, pasta, milk & juice.

Activity

Beads &

football Afternoon Tea

Fruit, wedges, milk & juice

Monday 30/7 Tuesday 31/7 Wednesday 01/8 Thursday 02/8 Friday 03/8

Activity Hama beads & Basket-ball Afternoon Tea Fruit, Dry biscuits & spreads , milk & juice

Activity Sandpit & craft Afternoon Tea Fruit, nachos , milk & juice

Activity Jock’s playground & board games

Afternoon Tea Fruit, steamed dim sims, milk & juice

Activity Cubbies & hula hoops.

Afternoon Tea Fruit, Toast & Spreads, milk & juice

Activity Lego & skipping

Afternoon Tea Fruit, cereal , milk juice

Enquiries please email: Avon: holmes.nardia.i@edumail.vic.gov.au Waller: masters.kerry.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

CHILD CARE SUBSIDY – Started 2nd July 2018 The new Child Care Subsidy has now started, replacing the Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebate with the Child Care Subsidy The transition will not hap-pen automatically. You will need to provide some new information and confirm your current details now through myGov. For more information about the new subsidy and how to transition, visit http://www.education.gov.au/childcare. POLICIES FOR OSHCS We are continually renewing our policies for Out of School Hours Care. Poli-cies recently reviewed and approved by school council include the following: 6.10 Child Safe Environment Policy 6.13 Enrolment and Orientation Policy 6.14 Government and Management of the Service Policy 6.26 Sleep and Rest for Children Policy Copies of the policies can be obtained from the service, or email the coordinator of your service as below

Community News

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