NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER

Educating For Success

975 Karadoc Avenue Irymple Vic 3498 Ph 03 5024 5407 Fax 03 5024 6631 Website www.irysec.vic.edu.au Parent Portal https://psportal.irysec.vic.edu.au/ Twitter https://twitter.com/irymplesc Facebook www.facebook.com/IrympleSC/

Weds 12th September 2018

IMPORTANT DATES Thurs and Fri Sept – Pupil Free Days/Staff Curriculum Day (2:30 pm finish) st Fri 21 Sept – Spring Carnival/Color Run and Last Day of Term 3 Principal’s Report 13th

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END OF TERM 3 Next Friday is the last day of term – school will finish at 2.30 pm. On this day we will have the Spring Carnival and The Colour Run which is a great way to end this big term. Parents are most welcome to attend – just sign in at the office. BUILDING PROJECT We will be starting Term 4 in the new Admin Building and there will be 4 new learning spaces for Years 9 and 10 opening at the same time. Work continues on the Science Labs, Home Eco and the remainder of the Learning spaces in A wing. Jo McQuinn Principal

ALPINE SCHOOL APPLICATION SUCCESS Irymple Secondary College is pleased to announce that in 2019, 6 Year 9 students will have the opportunity to attend an Alpine School campus for a 9 week period (one term). Our successful application allows us to send a team of 3 males and 3 females (6 students) to the Gnurad-Gundidj Campus, which is adjacent to Mount Noorat near Camperdown in Victoria’s Western District. This is going to be a fantastic opportunity for 6 of our students to experience working with 7 other teams from city and country schools around Victoria. While attending the Alpine School they will develop leadership and survival skills in a variety of tasks throughout the term and work towards the implementation of a school or community project on their return. We will be seeking expressions of interest from students and families in the coming weeks. An application and interview process will determine the successful students who will attend this school. More information can be found on the Alpine School website. www.alpineschool.vic.edu.au Queries can be directed to Kate Douglas or Alison Callahan


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My time at Snowy River My name is Mikayla Kerslake and I’ve been fortunate enough to attend the school for student leadership 9 week program at the Snowy River Campus in 2018. Forty Year 9 students all across Victoria come together to live and learn new skills and meet lifetime mates. I am one of 6 year 9 students from Irymple Secondary College who has been lucky enough to get given this life changing experience. I wanted to come to this school so that I not only can improve on my leadership skills but also to have a better understanding of myself. We 6 students’ vision for being here is to become more responsible, confident, and independent. We hope to gain lifelong friends, leadership skills, life skills and learn about ourselves, more specifically our beliefs/values and where we fit in society. Every school here gets to create a community learning project (CLP) that they run when they get back to their own community. My school has decided to go the aged care next to my school to do movement to music and activities with the elderly. Our vision is to bring happiness to the older community by including them with the younger community and doing activities. We hope this will encourage people to have more respect for the older community in the future. Some highlights from being here so far would be going caving and Expo 1. Caving was good fun because we got to get off of campus and explore wild and show caves. It was good to get out of my comfort zone and be pushed not only physically but also mentally. Expo 1 was really good because it was a time to get away and spend some quality time with my team. Being here at the SSL is so much different to a normal school. First of all, there are only 40 year 9 students that you’re living and learning with. There are many different roles and duties that we all take on here at the SRC. One of these is the student leader. Each day two people let everyone know what they are doing for the day, they run headcounts and make goals for the whole community each day. Another one is duties. We all get a few duties each day. It could be anything from washing dishes, sweeping the floor or checking on the chooks. Students get the opportunity to run evening classes. This gives us the chance to take on leading roles and step out of our comfort zones. We can also help run activities from sports, cooking theme nights and big events like CLP day. When we first arrived here at the SRC to start our 9-week program we got given a room with another person from a different school. The whole purpose of this was so that we could become closer with people outside of our school and friendship groups. I found this really beneficial because it’s pushed me out of my comfort zone but in a good way. The meals here are really good; we eat 5 times a day to keep up all of our nutrients that we lose and I love all of the food that we’ve been given so far. We’ve been on our first Expo a few weeks ago and it has changed me into a better person. We did a 30km bike ride one day and then a 20km hike along the beach next. It pushed my patience, dedication and my physical ability. It made my Expo team to come closer together and going on Expo 2 this week is going to put us all to the test again. I’d recommend this life changing opportunity to anyone who gets a chance.

Educating For Success Defence Force Talk to our Year 10s On September 3rd, Year 10s attended a talk from the Defence Force to learn more about career pathways and opportunities available in the army, navy and air force. The students found the talk interesting and informative. Thanks to Dustin Doolan and Brayden Simpson (current air force cadets) for meeting and escorting our guests to the Student Centre for the talk. Loretta Clyne Year 10 Coordinator

INTERHOUSE ATHLETICS

A perfect day weather-wise eventuated for the Athletics sports day which was held on Tuesday 4th September for the first time at Aero ovals. As a result, a wonderful day was had by all, with some excellent times and results recorded in both track and field events. Age group champions were: 13 Yrs Female Champion – Hanna Zambelli (Roberts) 13 Yrs Male Champion – Isaiah Bettess (Roberts) 14 Yrs Female Champion – Latara Trigg (Lloyd) 14 Yrs Male Champion – Vinnie Brigante (Middleton) 15 Yrs Female Champions – Briana Hibberd (Johansen) 15 Yrs Male Champion – Joel Richardson (Lloyd) 16 Yrs Female Champion – Chloe Barker (Lloyd) 16 Yrs Male Champion – Braydon Flack (Roberts)

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Records: There were three records which were broken on the day. These records were: Lachlan Adolph 1999 – 5.11m. Latara Trigg: – 1.15.00 secs. Vinnie Brigante 1992 – 26.77 secs.

14 Yrs Long Jump – 5.5m. Old record: George Szentpaly 14 Yrs 400m – 1.14.77 secs. Old record: Lauren Elliott - 2003 14 Yrs 200m – 26.08 secs. Old record: Frank Primarano -

House Results: The House championship was keenly contested throughout the day and it was Roberts who came out on top at the end of the day with a comfortable margin. They beat 2nd placed Johansen who won the title last year! Roberts had previously won 3 in a row from 2014 -2016

As is turns out, Roberts won by 79.5 points with a total of 811.5 points. Johansen finished 2nd on 732 points, Lloyd 3rd on 683 points and Middleton brought up the rear on 617.5 points. Congratulations to all age group champions, record breakers and of course Johansen house on their success. A big thank you to all staff for their efforts on the day, in particular thanks to the P.E. staff for their assistance leading up to and on the day. Special thanks also to Mildura and District Little Athletics Club for their support and assistance on the day. Finally thank-you to all the parents/guardians who came along and supported the day. Steve Morrish (Sports Coordinator)

SRC Update FOOTY COLOURS DAY Thanks to everyone that go involved with our Fight Cancer Foundation Footy Colours Day last Thursday. We raised $620 which the Fight Cancer Foundation will put towards further research into the prevention and treatment of cancer.


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RUOK DAY On Tuesday we have recognised RUOK Day in our respective form groups with SRC reps explaining what RUOK Day was about and reminding students how to access our wellbeing team at school if they need to. At recess our school nurse, Bev, and Dr in Schools nurse, Mel, distributed icy poles, whilst our SRC students provided yellow ribbon for students to wear. A big thank you to Anthony Ryan and Year 9 students who made our RUOK buddy seat out of recycled timber!

SPRING CARNIVAL AND COLOUR RUN We have a busy last day of term planned with the program including our traditional school fundraiser– Spring Carnival. Forms are busy planning their stalls with lots of activities and food stalls for students to choose from. We appreciate all the support that our school families and community gives us to help this day happen. All profits from the day will go towards new classroom furniture for our newly renovated classrooms. The Carnival will run in the morning from 9:30am until 12:30pm. Students will be able to buy food, drinks and participate in activities for various prices set by each form. Students can exchange their cash on the day for 50c tokens to spend at the stalls. There will be prizes for the form that raises the most money and the form that has the best looking stall. It will be followed by the Spring Idol talent quest involving students and staff and at 1:30pm our Colour Run will kick off. First, second and third place in the talent quest will also receive cash prices ($20, $15 & $10). The Colour Run will then kick off at 1:30pm at on our front oval. We look forward to seeing all students get involved. They can walk or run the course. If any parents would like to get involved please call the office on 5024 5407, but even if you can’t help, we’d love to see you down there on the day cheering the kids on… Everyone’s invited! Students are encouraged to wear an old/cheap white t-shirt for the colour run as they will get covered in coloured powder during the event. They will need a towel/ washer and a change of clothes for going home – especially if they are catching the bus. They won’t be allowed to get on the buses covered in coloured powder.


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HOW TO ORDER YOUR PRIZE FOR FUNDRAISING FOR OUR COLOUR RUN Between Friday 12th October (all sponsorship due) and Friday 26th October simply visit schoolfundraising.com.au and create/log into your Profile Page. Then click on the ‘ORDER PRIZES’ button and follow the prompts. If you have any questions, please contact the School Fun-Run team on 1800 FUN RUN and they will gladly assist! Key dates - Colour Run Friday 21st September (last day of Term 3) ColourRun th Friday 12 October (first Friday Term 4) All sponsorship money due (online and in the school office) Friday 26th October (third Friday Term 4) All online claims for prizes due Coming Up… Mental Health Week – Week 1 Term 4, including, Pyjama Day, Wednesday 10th October, “More rest, less stress”. Students are encouraged to wear their PJs on this day instead of school uniform.

Maths News – Naplan Results Celebration Back in May we asked our Year 9 students to give their best effort in their final Naplan tests. For three weeks prior to the testing dates they were given revision on all the topics covered in Naplan, some they had not covered for several months. We made a promise that any student who made a significant improvement on their score from Year 7 would be rewarded with a special lunch. Congratulations to the following students. We are proud of you. Hope you enjoyed the pizza and pasta. PARKS Natasha STONE Connor SHERWELL Skieangdra

LILLEY Jasmin TRIGG Latara HUYNH Jimmy RANSOME Billy CREMER-TUCKER Isaac

BRIGANTE Vincent HORSFALL Jaxson JENKINS Cody KELLY Bayley ROWBOTHAM Abby GREIG Kira BARRETT Bobbie DEAN Lori

HELMS Chloe MCLEAN Ryan MARR Samantha MITCHELL Coby LEERSEN Elly FAVA Mattia WATSON Zac


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