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MAR 31 Student free day - staff Professional Development day

APR 18 Term 2 starts

APR 19 Clayton Donavon - Indigenous chef visit

APR 20 Periods 3-4 Year 11 Party Safe talkSenior Girls Football

APR 24

Student free day – Parent Teacher Interviews All parents are invited to attend a parent forum in the Library 5:30pm to 6pm

APR 25 Anzac Day holidayClontarf ANZAC Dawn Service

APR 26 State Swimming

APR 27 Year 11 Legal Studies excursion

MAY 1 House Cross Country periods 5&6

Swan Hill CollegeCalendar 2017

Principal Team: Inta Blake, Andrew Sartori and Julie Robertson

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Harmony Day

Houses created by the students for Harmony Day

Parent Teacher InterviewsOur first round of interviews will take place on Monday 24th April from 1pm to 7pm.

Appointments can be made using the link and code posted home to all families this week. We would like to see ALL parents attend these interviews.

Students are only required to attend school at the time of their interviews.

This posted letter can be found on the College’s website and Facebook page, and paper copies are available at the General Office for students to collect. For further information, please contact the College on 5032 9360.

All parents are invited to attend a parent forum located in the library from 5:30-6:00pm on this night.

Sporting AchievementsCongratulations to the Glendinning House students and staff, on winning the House Athletics by a mere 88 points from Longhurst.

We would like to thank the House Leaders and House Captains for their leadership, and Stuart McGregor for his continued support of our students’ sporting success.

Well done to all of the students who competed in the Inter school and Loddon Mallee Region swimming carnivals, especially those who are through to the next level.

Harmony DayHarmony Day was held on March 25th across Australia.Its purpose is to develop cohesion and inclusion in Australia and promote a tolerant and culturally diverse society.

At Swan Hill College we demonstrated our ongoing commitment to inclusion and diversity through student participation in an extensive range of activities.

These were jointly run by staff and students and allowed members of the community and our school to work in harmony and to develop new understandings of one another.

The houses that were crafted on the day were used as part of the Swan Hill community Harmony Day display on Saturday.

Alpine SchoolThis year a select group of students from Year 9 will again have the opportunity to participate in the Department of Education and Training Alpine School Leadership Program. They will attend the program during Term 4.

The successful students are: Wendy Tshuma, Milla Devlin, Jorja Brown, Ben Sartori, Declan Myers and Archie O’Halloran-Farrow.

They will spend the next two terms preparing for the physical and emotional challenges of the nine-week program.

We look forward to hearing about their experiences.

We wish everyone a safe and happy Easter break.

Julie Robertson - Principal

COLLEGE NEWSWorld’s Greatest Shave

Wheelchair Basketball

On Thursday 16th and Friday 17th March our PE students undertook a wheelchair basketball program called WheelTalk. The program aims to raise disability awareness and promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

It is an interactive program teaching students about diversity, acceptance and disability. Presenters are Victorians with a disability who are actively involved in sport and recreation.

At the end of the presentation, participants played up to an hour of wheelchair basketball, which gave them a physical understanding of what it is like to live with a disability.

Whitney Kennedy – PE Learning Leader

Recently a number of students, led by Kate Dansie, participated in the World’s Greatest Shave, a Leukaemia research fundraiser.

A large and vibrant crowd encouraged and cheered as Kate shaved her long locks completely off, while Madison Lloyd and Aleisha Decker had 40cm of hair lopped and others chose crazy hair makeovers.

The crowd were keen to inflict some pain on Mr Domaille junior and his band of merry men who had their legs waxed for the occasion.

A huge crowd was present, including many family members, as the girls and all involved raised close to the amazing total of $6,000.

Well done to Kate who largely organised the event, and the VCAL and Year 10 classes who cooked and helped out throughout the campaign.

All participants’ families have in some way been affected by cancer and this was their motivation. Congratulations to all involved.

SHC is very proud of you.

Hayden Price - Chaplain

SWAN HILL COLLEGE

Edition 5Friday, March 312017

Kate having her first plait cut off