VOL 5 Thursday 9 March 2017 Working Bee Wednesday 22 March 3:15 pm — 5:00 pm Please come along and give us a hand Important Dates Friday 10 March House Athletics 9am—3pm Thursday 16 March Southern Ranges Round Robin 9am—3pm Monday 20 March Year 7 Immunisations Tuesday 21 March Hume Swimming Wednesday 22 March Working Bee, 3:15 Thurs 23 - Fri 24 March Year 9 Surf Camp Wednesday 29 March Student Led Conferences Friday 31 March End of Term 1 2.30pm SWBPS FOCUS of the Week: Our SWBPS focus to develop positive behaviours in the classroom and in secondary good learning habits is as follows: Primary - I always listen to teachers and adults. Secondary - Always use manners and appropriate language with everyone – including visitors. Avalon Air Show On Friday, 3 March, I went by bus to the Avalon Air Show with senior students and Mr Garcia. Mr Garcia drove the mini-bus. We left school at 7.30am and arrived at 9.50am. We had to collect tags and stickers which allowed us to enter before the public. The first thing we did was to go to a hall where we made tea and attended a briefing which went for 2 hours and 30 minutes. Presenters and guests talked about themselves and what they did to get into the Army or the Air Force. Civilians talked about their jobs working on planes and descriptions of their jobs. I did not enjoy the meeting because I was sitting doing nothing and wanted to get out and look at the planes and the exhibits. After briefing we started looking at planes. We walked through a type of jet fuel carrier. It was very hot in there. We walked through a normal military plane. We walked around outside looking at all the other aircrafts and other exhibits. Andrew and I talked to an F18 Hornet pilot. He had flown three other planes flying all around the world. He liked his job because it was exciting and he liked travelling. I tried on an EOD bomb suit. The helmet weighed 8kg. The vest weighed 40kg and the pants weighed about 40kg. I managed to wear the helmet and the vest. Only a couple of soldiers were strong enough to wear the whole suit. The helmet which was about 35cm – 40cm wide was unbalanced and was not uncomfortable because it had a lot of padding. Your head is the most vulnerable part and has to be protected as well as your chest. You can live without arms and legs but not without your head or chest. I saw the F18 take off and it did everything – about 35 things including supersonic (flies very slowly), flying upside down and turning off his thrust letting the plane drop suddenly close to the ground before turning it back on again to fly. I also saw a normal passenger plane take off and it flew over. My favourite part of the day was the jet flying over and doing stunts. Thank you Mr Garcia for taking me. Darren House – Year 12 Inclusive Education 01
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VOL 5 Thursday 9 March 2017
Working Bee Wednesday 22 March
3:15 pm — 5:00 pm
Please come along and give us a hand
Important Dates
Friday 10 March
House Athletics
9am—3pm
Thursday 16 March
Southern Ranges
Round Robin
9am—3pm
Monday 20 March
Year 7 Immunisations
Tuesday 21 March
Hume Swimming
Wednesday 22 March
Working Bee, 3:15
Thurs 23 - Fri 24 March
Year 9 Surf Camp
Wednesday 29 March
Student Led Conferences
Friday 31 March
End of Term 1
2.30pm
SWBPS FOCUS of the Week:
Our SWBPS focus to develop positive behaviours in the classroom and in
secondary good learning habits is as follows:
Primary - I always listen to teachers and adults.
Secondary - Always use manners and appropriate
language with everyone – including visitors.
Avalon Air Show On Friday, 3 March, I went by bus to the Avalon Air Show with senior students and Mr Garcia. Mr Garcia drove the mini-bus. We left school at 7.30am and arrived at 9.50am. We had to collect tags and stickers which allowed us to enter before the public.
The first thing we did was to go to a hall where we made tea and attended a briefing which went for 2 hours and 30 minutes. Presenters and guests talked about themselves and what they did to get into the Army or the Air Force. Civilians talked about their jobs working on planes and descriptions of their jobs. I did not enjoy the meeting because I was sitting doing nothing and wanted to get out and look at the planes and the exhibits.
After briefing we started looking at planes. We walked through a type of jet fuel carrier. It was very hot in there. We walked through a normal military plane. We walked around outside looking at all the other aircrafts and other exhibits. Andrew and I talked to an F18 Hornet pilot. He had flown three other planes flying all around the world. He liked his job because it was exciting and he liked travelling.
I tried on an EOD bomb suit. The helmet weighed 8kg. The vest
weighed 40kg and the pants weighed about 40kg. I managed to wear
the helmet and the vest. Only a couple of soldiers were strong enough to wear the whole suit. The helmet which was about 35cm – 40cm wide was unbalanced and was not uncomfortable because it had a lot of padding.
Your head is the most vulnerable part and has to be protected as well as your chest. You can live without arms and legs but not without your head or chest.
I saw the F18 take off and it did everything – about 35 things including supersonic (flies very slowly), flying upside down and turning off his thrust letting the plane drop suddenly close to the ground before turning it back on again to fly. I also saw a normal passenger plane take off and it flew over.
My favourite part of the day was the jet flying over and doing stunts.
Thank you Mr Garcia for taking me.
Darren House – Year 12 Inclusive Education
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FROM THE ADMIN TEAM!!
SCHOOL HATS
School hats have now arrived and are available for purchase from the General Office.
PRIMARY ASSEMBLY
Due to the House Athletics tomorrow (Friday) there will be NO Primary assembly.
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
As the week draws to a close, may I wish all Year 3 to 12 students the best for their participation in tomorrow’s Athletics Sports. The House competition started keenly at the swimming sports last month and I look forward to another great display of ‘belonging’, respect toward others, inspiration and excellence throughout the events.
As staff and students prepare for College representation at State-wide events such as Energy Breakthrough and the State Schools Spectacular, we have received confirmation that we will also have the privilege of hosting the Federation Hand Bells throughout Term 2. Selected students will then visit Melbourne during the Museum of Victoria’s ‘Arts Learning Festival’ on May 5 to perform some of the compositions created whilst the bells have been at the College. I would like to acknowledge Museum Victoria and Creative Victoria who own the Federation Hand Bells and who have so generously made this opportunity available to our students and Miss Ward for her successful application.
My thanks to the Year 11 and 12 students, their parents and staff who attended last night’s VCE/VCAL Information Session. It is very important that study routines and work-life balance is understood so that families are prepared for their child’s learning journey and career pathways this year and beyond.
Students have also participated in the following extra-curricular activities this fortnight:
AFL Primary Football Clinic with St Kilda footballers, Primary Division Swimming, Southern Ranges Swimming, VET Equine excursion to the yearling sales in Melbourne, Riding Develops Ability and the Avalon Air Show Careers Exhibition.
These activities and experiences continue to develop our students’ skills, confidence and career pathway planning.
Remember, every day counts in your child’s education. There is clear evidence that low school attendance has a negative impact on student NAPLAN results. Your child’s learning outcomes are at the centre of all decisions we make at the College and if they are absent they are missing out on their opportunities to learn. Students need to be at school every day to learn. VCE students need to have at least 80% attendance for their studies to be recognised by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. If your child is ill, please contact the College as soon as possible so that we are aware and teachers can plan any work for longer absences.
Enjoy the Labour Day weekend on Monday and I may
see you at the local community events.
Gail Hardman - Principal
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Excursion to the Yearling Sales
On Wednesday the 1st of March, 14 students
enrolled in Certificate II Equine Studies at
Seymour College took the bus down to the Inglis
Premier Yearling Sales. The students had been
studying the conformation of a variety of
different breeds, as well as form to function,
OH&S and careers within the Equine Industry.
The students were able to discuss a variety of
different features of each horse viewed, whilst
also taking notes on how each handler worked
with a variety of different horse behaviours. The
horses were tracked from inspection to the sale
ring, with each student assessing four horses.
The students were also lucky enough to engage
in conversations with bloodstock agent Peter
Ford, manager of Mayfield and Hillside
Thoroughbreds. Peter kindly gave up his time
during a busy sale to highlight the importance of
racehorse conformation and what to look for.
After this the students were also able to meet
and talk with a number of people working in the
industry, from agents to breeders.
The Equine Studies students are to be
commended on their behaviour whilst
representing Seymour College. All students were
polite and conducted themselves in a positive
manner. A big thanks must go to Glenda Bullen
for assisting the students in the preparation as
well as her guidance and expertise on the
excursion.
Emmi Hoefchen
Scooters All bikes and scooters can now be kept in the caged area near the bus
gate during school hours.
No responsibility can be taken for bikes and scooters left at other sites around the school.
Kwong Lee Dow Scholarship 700 of the smartest, most wonderful likeminded students in the state… this is what I am a part of. Affectionately known as ‘Kwongers’ the Kwong Lee Dow Scholars of 2018 are a tight knit network of passionate young people who have all been selected to benefit from the amazing opportunities Melbourne Uni is offering. If you were to look up ‘Kwong Lee Dow Scholar’ on the internet you would find “…an academic enrichment program designed to support high-achieving Victorian and select New South Wales and South Australian border high school students” but as cliché as it sounds we are so much more than that.
Since coming together on the welcome day December last year we have gotten to know ourselves and each other. Many meet ups have been planned to further get to know each other, ease the stress of High School and benefit the community. Originally the idea of this scholar program was to help us excel in school with the help of lectures, self-development workshops and access to the largest library in the country, as well as to get to know Melbourne Uni through sleepovers and fun days hosted at the campus (additionally it helps us get a foot in the door for one of the most acclaimed Uni’s in the state), yet we have evolved into 700 friends who support each other through classes, and are constantly bouncing off each other.
Us kwongers have met up for a Kris Kringle BBQ, chilled at Saint Kilda Beach, gone Ice-skating together and attended festivals together just to name a few. The events so far have been amazing opportunities to become closer and get to know each other yet, our events are only going to become bigger and better. We plan for all 700 of us give blood later this year, raise money for multiple charity groups and altogether make a difference.
Individually we are one drop, but together we are an ocean! And this ocean of Kwongers is just beginning to rise.
I am so grateful to be a part of such an amazing com-munity and believe this scholarship will truly benefit not just my education but my life in general.
Written by Ashleigh Butcher, Year 11
They’re Back ……
It has come to our attention that some
students in the school may have head
lice and we seek your cooperation in
checking your child’s hair.
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St. Kilda AFL Day On Monday the 27th of February we walked in the terrible heat to Kings Park for an AFL Clinic. We went to the back oval to have a good time with the St. Kilda players. We did a clinic that involved tackling, ball handling skills and kicking. Some of the St. Kilda boys that ran the clinic were Nathan Brown and Maverick Weller, just to name a few.
By Mitchell Wight and Jaydon Godwill
SOMERS CAMP
Students in Grades 5 and 6 have the opportunity to participate in Somers Camp in July 2017. Somers is a 9 day residential camp offering a large range of outdoor and environmental experiences. These include Archery, Bike Education, Boating, Flying Fox, Ropes Courses, Rock Climbing, Mini golf, Night hiking and much more! The camp is subsidised by the Education Department and costs $250 per child. Further information and Expressions of Interest will be given out to Grade 5 and 6 students in the next few weeks. Limited places are available, so please complete the expression of interest and return it to school if you are interested.
Mr Reeders – Grade 5
Lions Club donation to our Library
The Lions Club of Seymour Goulburn recently made a generous donation of $500 to the Seymour College Library. Each year our library collection is enhanced by the purchase of engaging and appropriate books to support the students at our school. This donation will be used to buy resources for emerging readers in the primary sector and interesting fiction and non-fiction for the older students. We extend a huge thank you to the Lions Club for the significant boost to our college library.
Student-Led Conferences Wednesday 29th March 2017
‘On-Line’ bookings will open Friday through the Compass Portal. If you are unable to book please contact the General Office on
57711300 for assistance.
All students are required to attend a conference with their teacher/s on this day.
Sport Report Congratulations to Mary Parker who was successful in progressing to the Hume Primary swimming finals in Shepparton. Our secondary students competed last Friday in the Southern Ranges competition at the Seymour pool and for the fourth year in a row were the overall school winner. They scored 571 points to Mansfield's 522 with Benalla FCJ College third. It certainly takes a team effort from everyone to get across the line in these competitions, so thanks to all those students who sat around waiting for relays.
We had 7 age champions on the day. Somaiya Harriden, Mackai Harriden, Lachlan Wright, Hamish Parker, Cassandra Sherwood, Tom Garner and Bailey Harriden. Students will now progress to the Hume finals on the Tuesday 21st March.
A reminder that we have athletics tomorrow and any parents that would be available to help would be greatly appreciated.
For secondary students there is the sport round robin next Thursday . There will be normal classes for VCE students on this day but all other classes will be collapsed from 7-10 and alternative classes organised.
Venues for the sports are as follows
Yr. 7 and Intermediate boys cricket at Chittick Park
Yr. 8 boys cricket at Kings Park back oval
All girls cricket is at Benalla
Yr. 7 girls volleyball at Euroa
Yr. 7 boys + Yr. 8 girls volleyball at Seymour College
Intermediate girls volleyball at the Sports and Aquatics Centre
Intermediate boys volleyball at Broadford
Senior boys volleyball at Yea
All girls tennis at Euroa
Yr. 7 and senior boys tennis at Seymour
Yr. 8 and Intermediate boys tennis at Benalla
Senior boys soccer at Broadford.
Stephen Garner-Sport Coordinator
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PREP NEWS Thanks to all the prep parents who assisted with
our first PMP session last Wednesday. It was
fantastic to see so many parent helpers. Thanks
also to the Grade 5 children who assisted and
did a great job. All Prep parents are invited to
assist with the program by working with small
groups of children, on Thursday at 11.45am in
the Junior Games Hall. A Working With
Children’s Check is required to assist but this
may be organised free of charge online. Ask the
friendly office ladies to assist.
Library borrowing is now taking place. Children
will need to bring a library bag to protect the
library book they will take home. Prep A will
borrow on Wednesdays and Prep B will borrow
on Thursdays.
Preps busy learning during our ‘Investigations Program’. They love to write!
ABOVE: Tony Libratore dropped in for a chat with the
year 12 Physical Education class
Aerospace & Defence Exposition On Friday the 3rd of March, 9 students from the
College attended the student information day of
the Australian International Aerospace and
Defence Exposition, held every two years at the
Avalon Airshow.
The aim of the day was to provide students with
the opportunity to explore opportunities and
pathways into the aviation, aerospace and defence
industries. A number of young professionals gave
presentations to approximately 1000 students
from all across Victoria, discussing their jobs,
experiences and pathways into their chosen
careers. This included pilots, weapons systems
officers and loadmasters in the Royal Australian
Air Force, aerospace engineers at Boeing, aircraft
maintenance engineers at QANTAS, software
engineers working on air traffic management
systems and much more.
Following the presentations, students were free to
explore the exposition, static and flying displays
on show.
If you are interested in pursuing a career in
aviation or aerospace then please contact the
College’s careers advisor, Mr Jeremy Linton. For
more information on jobs in defence,
please visit www.defencejobs.gov.au.
Tristan Garcia
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SWPBS Congratulations to students who have received tokens for the month of February:
Cena Marshall 10 Andrew Bramich 8
Max Christensen 8 Michael Crozier 8
Angel Birt 7 Jade Fitzpatrick 7
Huntah Goulden 7 Dylan House 7
Taylah Stevenson 7
Pictured is Cena Marshall proudly receiving her Canteen voucher for 10 tokens.
Camp Recount My alarm went off bright and early on Thursday 16th February, to make the 8:12am train from Seymour station to Southern Cross station. The train trip roughly took one hour and thirty minutes. As soon as we got off the train at Southern Cross we all had to find our own way to Melbourne Court House Role Play, in little groups.
By 11am everyone had arrived and waited to be taken in. Each one of us had a role to cover in the court house. We all got to listen to the case and think about the punishment, we thought would be best suited for the case. Straight after we were dismissed from the court house, we were taken into the Watch House for a tour by a police officer (Sargent Craig). The Sargent, lined us up as they would with prisoners. Girls on one side and boys on the other, facing each other. The Sargent pulled out six cards, with all types of crimes people had committed. Sargent Craig had cracked some jokes that led to being facts of the history there.
After that we had half an hour break for lunch at a café behind RMIT university. Trevor then took over and became our tour guide around Old Melbourne Gaol. After our hour tour, we headed off to our accommodation at Melbourne Discovery on Franklin Street. We roughly had thirty minutes to explore around the accommodation and settle into our rooms. At 3pm we were given our first assignment, which was to go off in groups and begin our Amazing Race around Melbourne.
Members of my group were, Caitlin, Abby, Brianna, Nakita and myself. It was an interesting few hours with all mixed personalities and multiple disagreements but we all got there in the end and sorted ourselves out. At 6pm we had to meet back at Melbourne Discovery to prepare ourselves for dinner which was at Toto’s Pizza House located on Lygon Street. Toto’s was the first pizza restaurant in Australia and defiantly one of the best. It was built in 1961 and has remained there until this day. After dinner, we had another tour back at Old Melbourne Gaol but this time it was a ghost tour.
Our guide was still Trevor along with some assistance from another staff member. Although apparently, all the stories were true loaded with some facts and history of the gaol, I still do not believe one. After some interesting stories our tour had ended and was finally time to head back to our accommodation. Due to being next to the boy’s room you can
only imagine how much of a sleepless night it became.
Waking up in the morning was a struggle considering I had limited sleep it was bound to be an extremely long day. Started off with breakfast along Bourke Street and the day had begun. We had to be at Eureka Skydeck by 10am to collect our tickets and wander on up via the lifts. This activity was something I had already done a couple of times but with a different crowd it obviously led to a totally different experience. Going up on the lift and just about to reach the 88th floor and my ears pop. Jake trying to be the clown as usual was starting to crack some jokes to hide how scared he was to be up so high but unfortunately failed to do so. After spending time at the tallest building in Melbourne it was time to head back down to the ground. So down we go… 88 floors later we are back on ground level.
Once everyone is back down to where we started off, Emmi and Abby (our teachers) tell us to head off and continue with our amazing race. If I be completely honest…. we went shopping and gave up on the amazing race. So off we go, we have a couple of hours to do some shopping and meet back at Federation Square for another tour. This tour was the final one for our trip which happened to be at ‘The Joneses House’ which is all about recycling objects and making everyday items out of them. I think it’s best we just stop describing that tour here because my opinion on that wouldn’t be very appropriate.
Finally, we had free time. Who knows what everyone did in that time but my group got on a tram and headed to Southern Cross to spend a couple of hours doing more shopping and sitting around waiting. By this time, I was way over shopping and 4pm could not come any quicker. So, tick, tick, tick, my watch was slowly ticking over and once it got to 4pm I could not be any happier. The two days had been extremely long and with limited sleep, I do not cope. My beauty sleep is very much needed. We headed off as a group to hop onto the train we had all been waiting for. The relief to sit on a train was good. The train took off and our trip home begun. It got to 6:03pm and the train had arrived at Seymour station. Although it was a good trip, lots of mixed personalities, few challenges and everyday life lessons, I would be safe to say, everyone was relived to be home. By Dakota Griffiths
