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Unique, innovative middle years programs within a wide and diverse curriculum
Dubbo College South Campus
“A Successful, Innovative and Caring Education for your Child”
Find us at: Boundary Road DUBBO 2830 T: (02) 6882 3744 E: [email protected]
School community engaged in lifelong learning
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Successful learning in dynamic, well managed classrooms
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Partial Absence/ Late Arrival Interviews
During this term, Home School Liaison Officers will inter-view students regarding late arrival to school.
All students’ attendance is monitored on a daily basis. It is expected that all students arrive at school on time to begin daily lessons.
The law in New South Wales regarding attendance at school is very specific. Children between the ages of 6 and 17 years must attend school on all days the school is open unless there are justified reasons for an absence. All absences (including partials) must be satisfactorily
explained to the school at which the child is enrolled.
All Absences (partial or whole) can be explained by
* Note-handed in by student * Letter- Dubbo College South Campus Boundary Road, Dubbo 2830 * Phone call -6882 3744 * Email- [email protected]. * Front Office -Personal explanation from parent/carer
Any questions or concerns may be directed to the school.
Welcome back to the new Term!
Student NAPLAN reports will be posted this week. A delay occurred in the distribution due to an admin-istration error in the printing of the reports. If you have any questions regarding the report please do not hesitate to contact the school.
This Sunday is our P&C Working Bee. A focus will be on clearing and tidying the areas at the Boundary Road entrance to the school. Work will get under-way at 8am and conclude by 1pm. Please come along to meet some new families and support the school.
Our P&C are also having a fundraiser where pies and other baked goods can be ordered. An order form is in this newsletter. These need to be back to the front Office by Tuesday 5th November and can be collected on the 12th November between 1 and 3.30pm. Funds from this initiative are supporting the installation of a drink bottle refill station in the school. I would like to welcome four new staff to South Cam-pus. Three of these teachers are covering leave in the PDHPE faculty, David Menton, Alex Chehade and Tom Murtha. We also welcome Mark Skinner to the Science faculty. Kyle Webb has also taken on
some new classes teaching in the Maths Faculty.
Some key dates over the next few weeks include: The College Sports Presentation on the 7th
November.
Remembrance Day on the 11th November. The examination period commences on the
14th November through to the 22nd Novem-ber.
Our College Presentation evening is on the 28th November and the South Campus even-ing on the 9th December.
Our next P&C meeting will be held on Monday 11th November from 7.30pm in the school li-brary. Please feel welcome to join us.
Please remember: Sunday 20th October for a WORKING BEE at South Campus. Bring your
gloves, shovels and children to help clean up the school grounds. 8am to 1pm. Enter via the Fitzroy Street gate and park in the covered quad area.
Have a great week!
Mr D Thompson PRINCIPAL
DUBBO COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Dubbo College is to provide high quality education services developing the honesty, compassion and integrity of our students, and adding to the economic, cultural, social and sporting capital of our community.
Caring and supportive teachers specialising in middle schooling
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Collectors Collectors Name: Phone No: Students Name: Year:
Please place your order and money in a sealed envelope and address it to Mrs V Gower and leave at the school
Administration Office for collection by Tuesday 5th November 2013.
Orders can be collected on Tuesday 12 November 2013 between 1.00pm and 3.30pm
from the school office.
OPENING HOURS
Monday to Thursday
Friday CLOSED
Saturday 9.00am to 1.00pm
Dubbo College Uniform Shop
179 Darling Street DUBBO
Phone: 6881 8989
Outstanding range of opportunities for individual success
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Welcome back I hope you all enjoyed the break.
Already it is Term 4 and many of our year 10 students are looking at their future plans and career options. If you are still unsure of what direction you want to take, please feel free to call into my office on Mondays or Fridays and dis-cuss any issues you may have. Time is also running out for any year 10 students who are still interested in taking part in work experience this year. Come and see me to find out how to arrange work experi-ence during this term.
OUR NEW WEBSITE IS UP AND RUNNING Dubbo College Careers has a new web site. You need to login and register to access all the important information that we advertise here. Visit the site at www.dubbocollegecareers.com .. There will be announcements of jobs, apprenticeships or traineeships on this site, along with any upcoming events or deadlines that you may need to be aware of. There is a calendar with special dates that you can see events in ad-vance, information about the HSC, tax file numbers, TAFE and University. Please take the time to visit this site and create or update your resume. Parents have even got an area for them to look at, this way, our parents don’t miss out on anything either. Create a login and check it out!!!
MEET A KEEPER Jessica Herbert, Adlai Shipp, Sophie Galante, Niamh Hutchinson and Brianna Pile took advantage of the oppor-tunity to attend Taronga Western Plains Zoo on the 15th October. Students had a great day and experienced many new and interesting aspects of a career with animals.
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Jo Grey Career Advisor
CAREERS
Lie #1: I don’t need to budget Even really wealthy people need to budget, so I suspect that on an ordinary wage, none of us are exempt either. Maybe you are still managing to save without a budget, but are you saving as much as you could or need to be? Or are you just barely scraping by, even though you earn a lot of money? Sometimes this excuse is used, flying in the face of the credit card debt and mortgage we’ve all somehow just learned to live with. And then there’s retirement to think of. Point proven- we all need budgets. Lies, all lies, if we say we don’t.
Lie #2: My job is set in stone No job is safe or secure enough to be counted upon forever. Jobs change, industries change, economies change. No one, except for maybe Warren Buffett and the Google guys, could safely ever claim to have an entirely secure form of employment.
Don’t count on your job being there forever. Having an emergency fund of 3 months income should things go pear-shaped will protect you, and allow you to search for the perfect job as opposed to having to take the first thing that comes along.
Lie #3: Nothing will happen to me It’s a wonderful way to go through life, feeling that invincible. It really is the best way to think, but you cannot prepare in that way, or one day you will be sunk. Think for the best, and prepare for the worst. Emer-gencies do happen, and a safety net will be needed at some point of your life. Having no financial fat to absorb an unexpected cost could lead to some pretty nasty times.
Lie #4: I’m free of debt, I don’t need to save Getting debt free is a sensational effort and some-thing you should be very proud of. Don’t squander the wonderful freedom you have, and throw yourself back into debt when the bad times come calling. Continuing to save and budget is important, even when your debts have been paid off. All that hard work shouldn’t have been in vain.
Lie #5: I don’t want to live like I’m poor I can understand this reason, I really can. You work hard for your money and you want to en-joy it. However, budgeting and saving doesn’t equate to a life of misery. It just allows you to spend your money on the things you really want, and protects you from living like you are poor once you’ve retired. Budget-ing allows you to control your finances so that you can spend what you want to spend, and save money on the unnecessary purchases we often seem to make. What lies do you tell yourself that stop you from saving money and having a budget
5 lies that stop you saving
Please ensure your child is bringing
their school equipment to school.
Unfortunately some students are not
bringing theirs books and equipment
to class.
Please support our school and check
with your children that they are pre-
pared for school each school day.
Creating mature and responsible citizens
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DUBBO COLLEGE
SOUTH CAMPUS
Principal: Mr D Thompson Deputy Principal : Mr I Bryden
Deputy Principal:Ms L McLeod
Deputy Principal : Mr R Gorrie
HT Mentor: Mr L Young Head Teachers: Mr C Pettit Administration
Mrs M Olsen Teaching and Learning
Mr G Honan Profession Learning
Mr G Black HSIE
Ms C Koop English
Mr M Elbourne-Binns Science
Mr P Maher Mathematics
Mr M Patterson & Ms A Den TAS
Ms J Marshall Creative Arts
Ms M Blanco PDHPE
Mrs H Jones Special Education Year Advisors:
Yr 7 Mrs M Sharkey Mr D Oke
Yr 8 Ms S Ryan Mr D Wood
Yr 9 Ms C Gofers Mr N Jones
Yr 10 Ms S Yaghjian Mr J Austin
Girls Advisor: Mrs C Brown
The P & C Associa-tion meets in the Library at 7.30pm on the second Monday of the month.
DUBBO COLLEGE SOUTH CAMPUS TERM 4 CALENDAR
T4
2012 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3
OCT
21
22
23 24 25
4
OCT/NOV
28
29
30
31
1
5 NOV
4
5
6 7
COLLEGE SPORT PRESENTATION
NIGHT
8
6
NOV
11 ESSA Testing Remembrance
Day
P & C Meeting Tonight
12 ESSA Testing
13 ESSA Testing
14 YEARLY
EXAMINATIONS
15 YEARLY
EXAMINATIONS
7 NOV
18 YEARLY
EXAMINATIONS
19 YEARLY
EXAMINATIONS
20 YEARLY
EXAMINATIONS
21 YEARLY
EXAMINATIONS
22 YEARLY
EXAMINATIONS
8 NOV DEC
25
26
27
28 COLLEGE
ACADEMIC PRESENTATION
NIGHT
29
9 DEC
2
3
4 5 6
10
DEC
9 SOUTH
PRESENTATION NIGHT
10
11
12
13
11 DEC 16
17
18 Last Day for Students
19 School
Development Day
20 School
Development Day
While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailing-ly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevi-
table barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, 'The tooth fairy will never believe this!'
Q: Why do ghosts like to ride in elevators?
A: It raises their spirits.
Q: What kind of TV do you find inside a haunted
house?
A: A flat scream TV.
Q: What school subject is a witch good at?
A: Spelling.
Q: What is a skeleton's favourite instrument?
A: The trombone.
Q: What is Dracula's favourite fruit?
A: A nectarine.
