Issue No. 13 25 August 2017

Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Resilient

Issue No. 13 25 August 2017

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Website: www.rushworthp-12.vic.edu.au


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AUGUST 28 29

P-12 Assembly 9.00am Primary Athletics Carnival (Years 4-6)

30 School banking day MINI MARKET MORNING TEA 10.30am –12.30pm

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September 4 5

P-12 Assembly 9.00am 6 School banking day VCE Ag/Hort Excursion

7 GMDSSV Interschool Athletics Carnival (Selected secondary students)

8 Year 7 Transition Day 2 9.00 - 12.30pm Newsletter home

11 12 P-12 Assembly 9.00am

13 School banking day

14 R u OK? Day

15 Year 10 Roadsmart session

18 College Council 7.00pm

18 P-12 Assembly 9.00am Year 7/8 Summer Sports Day 1

20 School banking day

30

Home - School Connections 4.00 - 8.00pm

31

Home - School Connections 8.30am - 2.00pm NO SCHEDULED CLASSES Term 3 finishes Early dismissal 2.30 pm

What’s coming up

at the College?

PARENTS DON’T FORGET… you can still have a say

with the Parent Opinion Online Survey until Sunday 27 August.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK!!!



News from the Principal….

In Pursuit of Excellence

My recent attendance at the University of Melbourne Seminar again highlighted the importance of developing reading comprehension. Reading, as you will be aware, is our focus at the College with our goal being to develop the reading growth of all students. The afternoon’s learning made specific links to improving reading comprehension through the development of world knowledge and vocabulary. These are the main objectives in our reading plan and we will continue to build the knowledge of our teachers so they are implementing evidence-based strategies to develop these areas. The importance of independent reading in developing vocabulary was emphasised and we will continue to promote this in the college on a regular basis. Your support in promoting reading as an enjoyable leisure time activity, as well as an essential skill in everyday life, to your child in the home would be invaluable. This is a great area to work as a partnership to support your child in developing this essential skill.

Our Leadership Team presented our 6-monthly review to our Senior Education Improvement Leader, Mr Paul Hon, last week. The preparation for this exercise provided us with valuable reflection time as we reflected on the progress made against the goals we had set for ourselves. There was much to be proud of but we are not stopping yet! The Rushworth community, of which our college is a part of, should always demand that “In Pursuit of Excellence” is evident in every action we take, every day. The young people enrolled here deserve nothing less.

In May of this year, students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in NAPLAN testing. You will receive your child’s

results and a letter that helps you interpret these. These results are important indicators for us as a college and

provides feedback on our learning and teaching program, as well as information on individual classes and students.

Positive Community, Positive Outcomes

We were very fortunate to have many visitors into the college on Tuesday to witness and participate in the annual Book Week Parade. This year’s theme was ‘Escape to Everywhere’ and there were many interpretations of this evident in the costumes worn by students and staff. The Rushworth Kindergarten joined in also, and these delightful young children obviously had a lot of fun preparing for the day. Thank you to Marg, Elizabeth and the families who ensured these children could participate in the parade. I would also like to thank Kerri-Anne, other staff and all of the students who have worked for an extended period of time to make the event a success. With our focus on reading, Book Week has even greater significance in our college.

The Parent Opinion Survey closes this Sunday. We have invited all of our families (111 in total) to participate in the survey and I am asking (begging) for you to take the time to provide us with feedback on the work we are doing. Our response rate is very low at this time and to have data of any significance, you need to be involved. We are heading into a review in 2018 and therefore your thoughts will have extra significance. I understand that we can be bombarded with surveys from different organisations and they can be left at the bottom of the priority list but this one is of importance to your child’s education. Hopefully, that puts it into the ‘high priority’ zone.

With regards,

Leanne Miller

Principal

Currently reading: The Severed Land by Maurice Gee





CBCA Book Week parade at the College resulted with a great turn up…

Rushworth Kindergarten students, RP12 students, families and staff had a ball!!

The lovely weather was a bonus!!

Rushworth Kindergarten students presented amazing characters and brought plenty of colour and excitement to the College. Each student was presented with a junior fiction book for their enthusi-

asm and participation on the day.

Winning students: Prep: Isacc Chester-White - Unicorn and Helena Edward - Where’s Wally

Year 1: Oliver Peterson - Marty McFly and Desiree Swallow - Bat Girl

Year 2: Josh Revell - Pikachu and Emma Marshall - Panda

Year 3: Ziggy Spence - Map (Narnia) and Haylee Marshall - Sophie (BFG)

Year 4: Philip Fung - Where’s Wally and Samantha Baldwin - Pocahontas

Year 5: Harry Leishman - Basketballer and Dakota Reid - Grace (Our Australian girl. 1808. Meet Grace)

Year 6: Whil Jones - Clown and Jay-Leigh Meguyer - Lisa (Saddle Club)

Winning staff member: Pat Young - Cleopatra

Until next time, keep on reading!! Kerri-Anne Nurse ☺

Lot’s of colour, princesses, super heroes and

even a unicorn!



Where did you escape to this

Book Week?

We got to travel to Egypt,

Mexico, live in a fairy castle,

hunt for dinosaurs at Jurassic

Park, climb tall buildings and

fly home from the moon!

Books can do that to you!!

#reading

#bookstakesyouplaces

#loveboooks



And after the BIG parade we all adjourned into the Library for some lovely

party food !! Who doesn't love party food?

Now turn the page to see

who the WINNERS of

CBCA book Week were…

Think about borrowing

them from the library next

week!



CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017

Visit this informative link for further information: http://cbca.org.au/about-the-awards

About the CBCA Book of the Year

History of the Awards

Categories

And the winners are….

Picture Book of the Year

Title: Home in the Rain

Author/illustrator:

Bob Graham

The Book the Year: Older Readers

Title: One Would Think the Deep

Author: Claire Zorn

The Book of the Year: Younger Readers

Title: Rock hopping

Author/Illustrator

Trace Balla

The Book of the Year: Early Childhood

Title: Go Home, Cheeky Ani-

mals!

Author: Johanna Bell

Illustrator: Dion Beasley

The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Title: Amazing Animals of Austral-

ia’s National Parks

Author: Gina M Newton

Crichton Award

Title: The Patchwork Bike

Author: Maxine Beneba Clarke

Illustrator: Van T Rudd

“Books allow us to escape this world and go into places

where you can experience other countries, culture and

times both real and imaginary. Reading can help some

people escape problems the are having in their lives. They

can live for a few hours as another character.”

Stubbs, J, 2017. Escape to Everywhere : CBCA Book Week 2017. 1st ed. Raceview, Qld:

Ipswich district Teacher - Librarian Network.



ROCHESTER FARM

SAFETY EXPO

On Tuesday the 15th of August at Rochester, Rushworth 3 to 6 classes went on a bus to Rochester Farm and Safety Expo. We listened to the Paramedics, Police, Lifeguards, CFA, SES and also the St John of God Ambulance. For lunch there was a sausage sizzle and I had two. There was also freebies such as pens, pamphlets, rulers, drink bottles and heaps of other things. We got to go in a fire truck, police car and an ambulance. It was really fun! By Dakota Reid

On Tuesday the 15th of August the 3 to 6 grades went to the Roch-ester Football Oval and learnt about farm safety. We learnt about what life jacket to wear on boats and other stuff. We got to go in a police car and got to turn on the police siren, it was fun. After we had our lunch in a big shed. After that we all got on the bus Whil, Noah, Bailey and I all sat up the back of the bus. When we got back to school it was lunch time, so we got to play around the school. Then we went to the library and watched a movie. After the movie we went home. By Thomas Jones

On Tuesday the 15th of August, grades 3 to 6 from Rushworth P-12 went to Rochester Football Oval for the Rochester Farm and Safety Expo. There were a lot of people from different schools there. There was also many different people from the community who shared a lot of information about safety with us. I was allowed to sit in a police car and turn on the sirens and flashing lights, some people tried on handcuffs. By Noah Aldridge **Despite the wet weather, the students had a ball & even

appeared on the WIN News!



VCE Health & Human Development Students studying VCE Health & Human Development have been visiting the Rushworth Kindergarten regularly this term, as they undergo School Assessed Coursework on childhood development. Thank you to Marg and the staff at the Kinder for giving our students ‘real-life’ experiences whilst they undertake their studies. Larissa Carr



DRUMBEAT We are having all sorts of fun in DRUMBEAT this term and are looking forward to showing off our new skills to our closest family and friends at the end of the term. Here we are tapping out a few rhythms on the Djembes.


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Year 7 Transition Timetable

9.00-9.10 am Advisory Group —with Ms Carr. (*State-wide Transition Day)


TERM 3 1 9:10 – 10:10

2 10:10-11:10

R E C E S S

3 11:30-12:30

4 12:30-1:30

L U N C H

5 2:20-3:20

Friday 8th Septem-ber

Maths W1 Mr Akan

Sport Science W2 Mrs Kelly

English N-Block Miss Matthew

TERM 4

Friday 20th October

Science W1 Mr Barnes

Science W1 Mr Barnes

Food Technology W3 Mrs Bolding

Food Technology W3 Mrs Bolding

Tuesday 14th No-vember

Humanities N4 Miss Dupuy

Humanities N4 Miss Dupuy

Design Tech DT Room W4 Ms Klinberg

Design Tech DT Room W4 Ms Klinberg

PBL W1 Mr Daws

Tuesday 12th De-cember *SWT

ART S4 Miss Duthie

ART S4 Miss Duthie

Library skills/ BYOD Library FRA/NUR/YOU

Physical Education Stadium Mrs Kelly

Fun Maths N-Block Mr Tinning



VCE 1 & 2, 3 & 4 Early Sell English Booklists 2018

Early Sell English booklists were mailed out at the end of last week

to parent/guardians of students completing VCE English Units 1 &

2, 3 & 4 in 2018.

This order is for relevant novels and DVD’s that your child will need

for English in 2018. Purchasing these now, enables your child to

utilise these materials during Early Commencement and over the

Christmas school holiday break.

If you have not received a Booklist please contact Kerri-Anne at

the College on 58561230.

earn &

learn Families can collect stickers each

time you shop at Woolworths and bring these into school.

Our total number of stickers at the end of this promotion then

allows us as a school to purchase some much needed equipment

for our students.

Please help us by collecting stickers and bringing these to the office. A sticker sheet has been

sent home with Primary students this week, if you require more

sheets, please collect them from the office. Thank you.



If you would like us to promote your upcoming event or organisation please email the details to: [email protected]

Traineeship Opportunity—earn while you learn!

A great opportunity exists for an enthusiastic and committed individual to complete a traineeship within

our practice.

The traineeship includes on-the-job training and mentoring whilst being paid to study a Certificate III in

Dental Assisting qualification.

For more details, check out our Facebook page or call into the careers office and see Kerrie.

Applications close Wednesday 30 August 2017

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