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NEWSLETTER
Issue 16 6th June, 2017
PARENT FORUM TONIGHT
We invite our school parents to a Parent Forum TONIGHT at 7.00pm in the Multi purpose room as part of the Priority Review process that our school is currently undertaking. At this event we are seeking parent ideas and feedback on the following question. What local opportunities exist that have the potential to motivate and excite the students? The meeting with parents will conclude at 7.45pm with a short tea and coffee break. At 8.00pm the Reviewer and Senior Advisor would like to meet with School Council members to discuss the same question and other governance related topics. A big thank you to the 11 families who returned the Parent Feedback Form that was recently distributed.
2016 Annual Report to the School Community
School Council will present the 2016 Annual Report to the School Community at 7.30pm on Wednesday the 14th of June. The Annual Report is prepared to inform parents and the wider school community of the school’s successes, activities and achievements throughout the year. Please contact the College for a copy of our 2016 Annual Report, view it on the Skoolbag app or you are welcome to attend the presentation evening in June.
School Council The next General School Council Meeting will be Wednesday the 14th of June after the presentation of the 2016 Annual Report.
Principal’s Report
Rainbow P-12 College 17 Albert Street
PO Box 223 Rainbow Vic 3424
P: 03 5395 1063 F: 03 5395 1192
CALENDAR Term 2 Tue 6th June Parent forum Wed 7th –9th June 3/4 Camp Mon 12 Jun Queens Birthday Tue 13 Jun Shake, Rattle & Read Wed 14 Jun GAT School Council meeting Production –full dress rehearsal Thur 15th Fed Uni visit Yr 10/11 Mon19th Production Tue 20 Jun MARC van 19th-23rd June Student Led Conferences Thu 22nd June Senior Winter sports Fri 23 June Production Mon 26-30 Jun Year 11 work experience Tue 27 Jun Careers expo Fri 30 June Jump Rope for Heart Term 3 Mon 17 July Pupil free day To be confirmed Fri 25 Aug Pupil free day
RAINBOW P-12 COLLEGE PRESENTS
The Dragon’s Egg
Monday June 19th& Friday June 23rd
This year’s school production The Dragon’s Egg, will be staged on Monday the 19th of June and Friday the 23rd of June. Join us as our hero Edwin battles trolls , witches and talking trees in his pursuit of the mythical Dragon’s Egg. After meeting a mysterious stranger, Edwin must leave the familiarity of his home kingdom to face the dragon and the coveted magic egg. Students have been busy practicing and learning lines to present this new production to the community.
Come join on us for a night of fun and laughter, and maybe a few scares, with The Dragon’s Egg.
More details to follow next week.
SRC News The SRC have been given funding from the Hindmarsh Shire to celebrate National Youth Week. So, the SRC have decided to host a Mexican Fiesta Day. On Friday June 9th, students are invited to dress up in Mexican costumes and to also have a free Mexican lunch of tacos and nachos. If the students feel they will eat more than 1 bowl of nachos or 1 taco, then they are advised to bring a little bit extra for lunch just in case. Students will have to bring their own lunch if they do not each nachos or tacos as the canteen will not be operating on this day. Each year level will also have a piñata filled with goodies to whack during the day, as well as learn the Mexican hat dance and participate in pin the tail on the donkey.
Senior– Aiden Gelligan, Sarah Bennet, Mikayla Keller, Rylee Cocks, Nicholas Roll. (Absent—Jordy Leach at the X Country)
The World Around Us
Each week in the junior school we will pick a
country out of a hat.
Students will have a week to find out a fact about
that country. All the facts will go into a box and one
fact will be selected each week to be pinned on our
map board. Everyone that enters a fun fact goes
into the draw for a weekly prize.
This week’s country is
Mozambique
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
Junior– Giann Eckermann, Jessica DeMamiel, & Chantelle Muggeridge. (Absent—Jasper Bigham)
Junior student of the month winner Ryder Gould Senior Winner was Jessie Leggo who was absent
The Junior School Council will
be selling merchandise for
RED NOSE DAY
in the Junior school area.
Small animal teddys $6
Pens $5
Wrist bands $3
Red noses $3
Football/Netball at Horsham 30th May, 2017 Southern Mallee Lakes Cluster - from Mrs. Gregory Our SML netballers made us very proud today with their efforts, their sportsmanship and their outstanding team work. The girls fought a tough battle in their first game with the ball going from end to end without a goal being scored. The cheering was certainly loud when the first goal finally went through! In the end it was a 3 all draw with Horsham West. The girls started the second game with a bang, really gelling as a team and had skipped away to a 10-0 lead by half time. The passing stood out in this game; this was exceptional given that our opposition had almost identical dresses on and the coach & cheer squad found it difficult to tell who was who! Final scores SML 15, Balmoral/St Malachy's 1. The girls were really warming up by the 3rd game, dominating the entire game and running out comfortable winners against Saints, 10 goals to 1. A tougher game greeted us in the 4th game against Lutheran 2. The SML girls had to dig deep but came away winners 13-8. The final game was against Horsham West 3. The first half was a close tussle with SML only 1 goal up at half time. A couple of strategic position changes at half time saw our defense stacked with height....and it paid off! SML running out comfortable winners 10-4. A big thanks to Sophie, our amazing umpire, to the parents who scored and to our loud and proud cheer squad. Well done to all girls on such a terrific day! Thank you also to Miss Maiden for coaching the netball
The SML football team played two games. In the first game we had a hard fought game against Horsham West B. The ball went from one end to the other with us the first to break through with a goal. West B then scored. It was a cliffhanger right to the end and it had the crowd of parents on the edge of their seats. The final siren saw us winning by a point. The next game was a lot tougher as we lined up against a team from Division one. We fought hard to the end but the opposition was just too strong. A big thank you to Mr Robins for coaching the team, parents who were the goal umpires and the field umpire and those who supported us.
Grade 3/4 DigiTech—PIPER COMPUTER These are photos of the computer the Grade 3-4 class built in DigiTech. They worked exceedingly well as a team to put it all together. In upcoming weeks they will learn how to construct games via Minecraft.. Stay tuned for more progress reports!
All put together ….and it works
Canteen Roster Term 2 June Wed 7 R. Richards Thu 8 L. Heinrich Frid 9 No canteen SRC Mexican day Mon 12 Queens Birthday Tue 13 M. Ismay Wed 14 C. Cocks Thu 15 K. Kajewski Fri 16 N. Eckermann/ J. Keller Mon 19 E. Eckermann/ C. Stasinowsky Tues 20 B. Eckermann Wed 21 C Petschel/ A Ey Thu 22 J James Frid 23 N Eckermnn/ J.Keller Mon 26 S. Millward-Coyne/ C. Saul Tue 27 D. Leggo/ P. Bennett Wed 28 R. Bastin/ K. Vassillo Thur 29 A. Roberts/ T. Bigham Frid 30 J. Thomas
Canteen Emergency List
Desma Napthine 5395 1557 Debbie Lowe 0488 115 973 Rebekah Richards 53226190 Cheryl Welch 5395 7250
Please note:
Canteen times are 12 noon—1.30pm.
First named on the roster is to pick up the good from the Bow Bakery.
Please remember to keep a check on the roster to see when you are working
School Uniform
The long sleeve polo tops that were ordered have arrived and are available at
Mallee Magic. Spare tops are available if you missed
out on ordering.
Wellbeing Tip from Chan Fisher
Exercise your brain everyday by doing a crossword, Sudoko
or logic puzzle
A big thank you to those family and friends of the College who have donated tissues to the
College. Friendly reminder of you haven't
already supplied a box of tissues if would be
greatly appreciated if you can drop a box into
the school office
Can each family please send along a box of
tissues to be used in the classroom.
Jeparit/Rainbow Football Club
Outside the Locker Room Session 3
Drugs, Alcohol & Depression Workshop
Thursday 8th June
7.30pm
Jeparit Football Clubrooms
HEALTH & WELLBEING NEWS
This is a powerful message on the issue of mental health & self doubt.
Patrick Dangerfield: ‘I knew I needed help but didn’t want to be a burden’ Patrick Dangerfield, Herald Sun
NATHAN Buckley has led a chorus of support for Patrick Dan-
gerfield after the Geelong superstar revealed his personal
battle with self doubt.
Buckley tweeted his support for Dangerfield in the wake of
Alex Fasolo stepping away from footballer after revealing his
depression.
Former Victorian premier and Beyond Blue ambassador Jeff
Kennett said Dangerfield’s column was a vital step forward.
“It is extremely helpful when talented and respected sportsmen speak of their experience with
depression,” he tweeted.
“Every father should talk to sons using Patrick Dangerfield’s writings and experience as the ba-
sis of discussion No shame in being ill, can be cured quickly with prof help.”
In his own words, Dangerfield opened up to the Sunday Herald Sun on dark days of self doubt and how reaching out for professional help turned his career around
THE definition of courage is Collingwood’s Alex Fasolo. His decision to publicly declare he was
suffering from depression is as brave as it gets. And it should be applauded.
Fasolo is not alone. AFL can be a never-ending cycle of anxiety for many players.
That nagging feeling nothing in your life will make you happy — other than a good perfor-
mance.
This is the biggest challenge facing every player, to find a way to put a smile on your face
from something other than footy.
What happens if you don’t play well? That feeling of disappointment snowballs. Have I let my
teammates down? Are the coaches upset? What could I have done better? Am I going to be
dropped?
What about my contract? It’s up this year, am I going to be delisted? I just bought a house,
what about my mortgage?
And before you know it, you’re living on the edge and it can mentally drain you of everything.
Having the courage to speak to someone and not bottle up these feelings is crucial. And I
know that from personal experience.
I didn’t have depression. I’d describe it as more a feeling of melancholy. It was in 2014 in Ade-
laide and I was going through a flat patch. I wasn’t really enjoying my footy, I was playing
poorly and the only way I could get my enjoyment was from playing well.
But that wasn’t happening.
I couldn’t help but feel I was letting down my teammates every time I went out to play.
Doubt had invaded my mind. I was thinking back to the previous year and recalling that what
was easy then just wasn’t happening. It was almost like, “Oh my God, the game has passed
me by”.
I felt like everywhere I went, the ball wasn’t. I knew I needed help.
But I didn’t want to burden anyone, I didn’t want anyone to pass judgment or think less of me
for what was going on in my head.
I didn’t want to tell my parents because I want Mum and Dad’s job to simply be Mum and
Dad.
And I wanted my teammates’ job to be my teammates.
I spoke to the AFL Players Association and they put me in touch with a psychiatrist from Ade-
laide — and it was the best thing I have ever done.
In that environment with a specialist, I could be myself, talk about what I was experiencing
and he gave me tools to help deal with the emotions I was feeling.
My situation is so far removed from what many others have gone through — or what I gather
Fasolo is dealing with.
But I remember thinking, “Gee, I wish I’d done this 10 weeks earlier”.
A wonderful thing happened during this bad patch.
I was probably three weeks into it when out of the blue I got a text message from my team-
mate Jared Petrenko.
The message said: “Even though I know you’re not playing as you would like, I love playing with
you.”
I felt so good after receiving a message from a mate like that. Sometimes that’s all it takes.
Rather than thinking it, to actually tell a teammate, a work colleague or a family member that
you like what they’re doing can be so important.
I’ve spoken to people who’ve suffered depression and they say the key is to talk about it and
not fear the judgement of others.
Society has grown up enough to accept that.
In the AFL, Alex Fasolo is now the face of dealing with depression from a football perspective.
He has shown that it’s OK to put your hand up and say: “I’m struggling.”
I guarantee there are players right now at clubs who are thinking, “I can’t wait until this year
finishes”, even though we’re only at Round 11.
They’re just sick of the anxiety, sick of being belted by people who have no idea about the
anxiety they’re going through.
It shouldn’t be the case. You should be able to look back and feel that you loved going to
work.
But for a lot of AFL players, that just isn’t the case.
This is where social media can be a trap. The problem with Generation Y is they’re so worried
what someone they will never meet thinks about them.
We’re in a society in which your value is judged by how many people are following you on the
various forms of social media.
Why care about the opinion of someone we will never meet?
You can’t tell young players not to be on social media — that’s impossible.
But if you’re having a tough time, I guarantee the couple of negative comments will stick in
your head rather than the dozen positive ones.
What’s disappointing is seeing guys coming to the end of their AFL careers — after playing 100
games over six or seven years — and not glowing with endorsement of how enjoyable it was.
They will speak about the pressure, the anxiety and how when it finished they could finally take
a deep breath after being so tightly wound for so long.
Generally, it will be a family member who at some stage will ask the million-dollar question:
“Why do it?”
That feeling of winning, the adrenaline rush of contributing to team success, is intoxicating. It’s
what draws you in every time.
But if you’re struggling and that is lost, that’s when help is required.
It’s often so hard for teammates or family members to see that you’re struggling.
What we can only hope is that more people like Alex Fasolo stand up and show that depres-
sion is not a taboo subject.
It’s real and it needs to be talked about.
I did it. So can you.
If you or someone you know needs help, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyondblue
on 1300 224 636