Principal’s Report Grandparents and Special Friends’ Day Despite the fog, we had a great turnout of grandparents and special friends who came into the school on Monday and joined in activities in the classrooms. The Primary staff welcomed all visitors and the Parents’ Club provided morning tea for guests. Many thanks to the staff for their organisation of this event and to the Parents’ Club for the help with morning tea. Staff Leave The first week of Term 3 will see Mr Bleicher taking a week of Long Service Leave. We wish him a very restful and well-deserved break. VET Taster Day This Friday the Year 9 students will be visiting the Trade Training Centre in Charlton to look into Vocational Education and Training Courses that are available for them to start next year. This is a great opportunity to discuss career pathways and make some preliminary decisions about subject choices for 2020. Work Experience Next week all Year 11 and some Year 10 students will be attending work experience in Melbourne or around other local townships. The range of jobs they have chosen is wide and will be a huge help to them in determining future career pathways. Mrs Moresi and Mr Crilly have put a lot of time into organising this trip and the placements. Mrs Moresi, Ms Pickering, Mrs Coutts and Mr Nickless are accompanying the students to Melbourne. Those Year 10 students not doing work experience will be on the ski camp to Bogong, accompanied by Mr Rowley and Miss Hogan. Many thanks to the staff who have organised these trips and have volunteered to supervise the students while away. Reminder for Reports There is a notice attached to this newsletter, which explains ‘How to view Progress reports in Xuno’. Please remember that no feedback comments and progress reports will be printed for end of semester reports, only a summary. You will need to login to Xuno to view all feedback. All summary reports will be sent home with family members or mailed out, on Friday 28 th June. DIARY DATES JUNE 19 th School Council Meeting 21 st Try VET day NCTTC Yr 9 & 10 23 rd – 28 th Year 11 Trip 24 th – 28 th Bogong Trip 27 th Pie Orders Delivered 28 th Whole School Assembly 28 th Last Day Term 2.30pm Finish JULY 15 th Term 3 Begins 17 th Year 5 & 6 Netball Bendigo AUGUST 6 th Hockey 7’s 7 th F – 12 Athletic Sports June 19th 2019 Issue 19 Boort District P -12 School 9-27 Malone St BOORT, 3537 Ph: 03 5455 2201 Mobile 0477 741 594 Email: [email protected]Website: www.boortds.vic.gov.au VISION STATEMENT Our vision is to empower our students and staff to work together to become active and valued community members. We provide a safe and supportive learning environment, which fosters independent, resilient lifelong learners. BDS Motto: ‘Achieving Excellence Together’ BDS Beliefs and Values: Showing Tolerance and Respect for others We ask that students are not on the school grounds before 8.40am each day as supervision is not provided before this time.
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Principal’s Report
Grandparents and Special Friends’ Day
Despite the fog, we had a great turnout of grandparents
and special friends who came into the school on Monday
and joined in activities in the classrooms. The Primary
staff welcomed all visitors and the Parents’ Club provided
morning tea for guests. Many thanks to the staff for their
organisation of this event and to the Parents’ Club for the
help with morning tea.
Staff Leave
The first week of Term 3 will see Mr Bleicher taking a
week of Long Service Leave. We wish him a very restful
and well-deserved break.
VET Taster Day
This Friday the Year 9 students will be visiting the Trade
Training Centre in Charlton to look into Vocational Education and Training Courses that are
available for them to start next year. This is a great opportunity to discuss career pathways and
make some preliminary decisions about subject choices for 2020.
Work Experience
Next week all Year 11 and some Year 10 students will be attending work experience in Melbourne
or around other local townships. The range of jobs they have chosen is wide and will be a huge help
to them in determining future career pathways. Mrs Moresi and Mr Crilly have put a lot of time into
organising this trip and the placements. Mrs Moresi, Ms Pickering, Mrs Coutts and Mr Nickless are
accompanying the students to Melbourne. Those Year 10 students not doing work experience will
be on the ski camp to Bogong, accompanied by Mr Rowley and Miss Hogan. Many thanks to the
staff who have organised these trips and have volunteered to supervise the students while away.
Reminder for Reports
There is a notice attached to this newsletter, which explains ‘How to view Progress reports in
Xuno’. Please remember that no feedback comments and progress reports will be printed for end of
semester reports, only a summary. You will need to login to Xuno to view all feedback. All
summary reports will be sent home with family members or mailed out, on Friday 28th June.
A cash deposit was made into the School account on the 5th of June at a CBA ATM in Bendigo; if you made
this deposit can you please contact the school.
Lois Mitchell.
How to view Progress Reports in Xuno… 1. Login to Xuno
2. From the dashboard, choose the Learning’ menu from the tabs at the top
3. Choose the calendar year from the top right hand side of the screen
4. Choose a progress report in the selected calendar year
5. Select your child to view their available progress reports
Subject Confirmations For Semester 2
Year 9-11 students received subject selections for Semester 2 on Tuesday. Please organise folders and
books based on these selections and students are to contact me if there are any errors.
Tom Bleicher
VCAL Excursion On May 31st, 7 of the VCAL students got the opportunity to head down to Melbourne as part of our Maths
subject. Before the trip, we investigated how to travel around on public transport, what routes to take to our
venues and how to access timetables of trains and trams. Throughout the day, we got to experience public
transport and the city. We explored the South Melbourne Market, went on a tour of the MCG and looked
through the National Sports Museum. It was a great experience to be allowed to attend this trip.
Some comments from the students who attended the trip:
My favourite part of the Melbourne excursion was the Chinese food place where I got my lunch. I had noodles
and sweet and sour chicken and pork.
-Matt
Last week, we all went to Melbourne for a trip involving maths. We went to the South Melbourne Market for
lunch and a little bit of shopping. My favourite part of the South Melbourne Market was the food and trying
new things like a crème brulee doughnut. Then we went to the MCG for a tour and to learn about the history,
like Melbourne and Geelong being the first AFL teams, both founded in 1859, then visited the National Sports
Museum, that was my favourite part of the whole experience. Later we went back to Southern Cross Station
for tea, and then we went home on the train for what felt like the longest train ride of my life, without my
phone being charged. That was a bit low point for me. Overall, it was a fun experience being able to walk
around Melbourne and the teachers follow us this time, and I hope we can do it again sometime.
-Raiden
For me? The best part of the trip was possibly the food… I LOVED the food- The smell of the
South Melbourne Market filled my nostrils with each exotic smell in each stall. Ah, I wish to
return to such place, determined to enjoy the food splendidly.
-Andrew.
My favourite part was dinner when I had some good pizza, it was a margarita. I learned that the South
Melbourne Market existed but it was kind of boring. The Vic Market is way better.
-Connor
It was a very long day for so few activities, and it wasn’t quite what I expected. The best part was the food at
the South Melbourne Market.
-Emma
It was a good experience going to the South Melbourne Market for the first time and trying new things. My
favourite part was going to the MCG. It was also good to learn more about travelling around Melbourne.
-Austin
BDS PIE DRIVE ~ 2019
A big thank you to everyone who has ordered products from this year’s BDS Sharps Bakery Pie Drive.
Orders can be collected, Thursday, 27th June 3:30pm at Boort Sports Club.
A special thank you to Cindy Brown for donating a mail out of order forms to the Boort Community. Your
donation is greatly appreciated.
Any queries please contact Sarah Featherby.
Year 10 and 11 students have spent this term preparing themselves for their highly anticipated Work Experience placements, beginning Monday June 24th through to Friday June 28th.
Work Experience introduces students into the world of work, giving them a feel for the professional working environment.
We wish all of our dedicated students the very best over the coming week and we look forward to hearing all their stories of success and learning. We would also like to thank all our employers for giving students this opportunity. Year 10 Jaymason Bartlett Torrance Earthmoving, Muskvale Ella Lanyon Birchip Cropping Group, Birchip Frances Stanger GoodStart SwanHill Will Perryman DA Electrics, Boort Bella Grogan Bendigo Osteo, Bendigo Connor Leersen Charlton College, Charlton Josh Rothacker Wrightsair, William Creek Angus Potter Ellis & St Clair Plumbing, Kerang Chloe Brown Wild Action Productions, Macedon Chloe Baker Geelong Animal Welfare Society, Geelong Emma Anderson Geelong Animal Welfare Society, Geelong Elias Lanyon Streader Constructions, Boort GM Holden, Port Melbourne Lance Malone Northern District Health, Kerang Ebony Chamberlain Noah’s Ark Inc, East Bendigo Sophie Cockerell Royal Women’s Hospital, Parkville Acacia Vernon Gannawarra Times, Kerang Haley Brown Boort Pre School, Boort Year 11 Cobi Maxted Maribyrnong College, Maribyrnong Hannah Streader Rapid Tune Derrimut Gus Gould Lachie Anderson Landscaping, Kooyong Ronan Holland Office of Sam Hibbins, Windsor Kassidy Pearson Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville Olivia Hampson Japara Elanora Aged Care, Brighton Jordann Broad Boyd Family Services, Southbank Angus Whitehouse AMT Electronics, Elizabeth St Melbourne CBD James Douglass Port Melbourne Library, Port Melbourne Brad Moon Diesel Mechanics Australia, Thomastown Andrew Cooper Salvation Army, Abbotsford Matthew Burke Back2Bikes, Port Melbourne Raidan Forster Martha Rays Café, Fitzroy James Beattie Melbourne Bicycles, Clifton Hill Zac Poxon Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands Ollie Toose Douglas Homes, McKinnon Amy Murfitt Flemington Primary School, Flemington Jack Kerr Irwinconsult Melbourne, East Melbourne
Gateways in the Ovens Valley
Two weeks ago, the Gateways class and Mrs Gould, travelled to the Ovens
Valley to visit some businesses that operate in very different conditions from
what we have here in the Mallee. Students discovered the fire management
operations centre at the Ovens DELWP office, the Hancock Plantation pine
logging operation together with drone monitoring, the Wandiful chestnut and
Hazelnut biodynamic farm and the Red Stag Deer and Emu Farm. We thank
all of these groups for their time and expertise. Ardern’s Caravan Park in
Myrtleford were handy to stay at and the students enjoyed Pizza at the Roma
Pizza, gatecrashing the Myrtleford Football Club’s team selection.
Graincorp Opportunities for Gateways Students
The Boort Graincorp Site Manager, Clint Miller, led the gateways students around the Boort site and up into
the elevator. He explained the sampling work that is done, how the grain is transported and the way in
which OHS is followed at the site. He also gave students a good insight into career options at Graincorp,
including casual harvest work.
Work Placement Visits
Fletch Last has been undertaking an Engineering VET course at Charlton NCTTC this year. As part of this
course, Fletch has had a work placement with Russell Mountjoy at Bears Lagoon. Fletch has been
completing a range of engineering, automotive and agriculture work. Connor
Leersen has this year started a Building and Construction VET course. His
work placement has been with George Tallis Home Hardware. We thanks
both Russell and George for their time and care in taking on our Work
Placement students.
Year 8 and 9 Poetry
The city tastes like pollution and sweat on a hot day
The country tastes like a breath of fresh air in the month of May.
The city feels like a cold, dark prison.
The country feels like a home on Christmas Day.
The city feels like a multicultural crowd with different food and faces.
The country feels like an open green spaces and familiar faces.
An angry mob of sheep hurrying to places.
The sweet sound of birds chatter and the trees wave in the wind.
Gas and smoke will seep through the air like honey.
The smell of dirt hangs in the air like a shirt on a clothesline.
By Grace and Akaisha
Summer and winter
The dry, brown land stretching as far as I can see,
With a shimmering horizon and the sun beating down on
me.
Sausages on the barbie, splashing in the pool,
Next doors faint music as they try to keep cool.
The heat drying my mouth and sunburn on my skin,
The sound of loud cheering at my brother’s cricket win.
But then the air turns fresh, crisp and very, very cold,
The trees start swaying, and parents are getting old.
The snow is a blanket of white, laid across the town,
Freezing little toes as we fight and play around.
Thunder booms and lightning flashes, as rain pours
down,
Rushing inside, dripping wet, to see Mum with a frown.
Summer and winter, the seasons all year round,
I love every season, every day of every year.
Phoebe and Emma
The Country
Open, dirt and stillness
In the fresh soil, we find
fulfilment
In a world of pollution
People like us find a
solution
Farming might be hard
Cold days in the mud
Dirt and dust
In a 4x4 going fast
Tadi Chasiya
Tadi Chasiya
Country V City The country is as quiet as a mouse, The city is like a creaking door. Country air is clean and crisp, The city’s rotten like an apple core. In the country you have room to move, The city is a tight squeeze. The country is very welcoming, Get me out of the city please! Braedon
COMMUNITY NEWS GOLF CLINIC
Andrew Kane will run a free golf clinic at the Boort Golf Club on Friday, 21st June, from 4pm-5pm (weather
permitting)
Good morning, I am writing to you to inform you of an upcoming that event that is relevant to the families at your school. The Free From Show and Allergy Show held 12 – 14 July 2019 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre are new consumer events, created in response to the increasing prevalence of allergies and food intolerances among Australians. As we believe it is important to educate and empower both children and their parents/carers we would like to offer your school community a 25% off discount on tickets to attend the Free From Show and Allergy Show. Show entry for children under 15 years old is free. DISCOUNT CODE: SCHOOL25 By attending the Show your community will:
Discover new products and services to help manage allergies and intolerances Taste, try and buy 100’s of samples including: gluten free, nut free, cruelty free, sugar
free, dairy free, FODMAP friendly, paraben free and much more Learn from a wide range of professionals over 2 stages, the Allergy Learning Centre and
the Health & Wellness Learning Centre. These 45 minute education sessions are included in the price of entry.
Seminars of interest to your community:
Lunchboxes Can be Nutritious and fun - Even With Food Intolerances! Managing Your Child's Eczema Cross Contamination - Making Sure You're Careful in the Kitchen Ways to Reduce Toxins and Chemicals in Your House for Healthier Living Managing Multiple Food Allergies - A Parent Perspective
We appreciate if you could distribute this information through your own school community. To download a graphic to include on your website, social media or newsletter please click here Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like more information. Otherwise please visit www.freefromshow.com.au / www.allergyshow.com.au Kind regards, Free From & Allergy Show Team Phone: 03 9596 9205 | Email: [email protected]
