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The St. Arnaud Secondary College Weekly Newsletter 30th November, 2018 St. Arnaud Secondary College is a Child Safe School. 2018 Energy breakthrough
The St. Arnaud Secondary College
Weekly Newsletter
30th November, 2018
St. Arnaud Secondary College is a Child Safe School.
2018 Energy breakthrough
Principal’s Report
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Step Up Program Tuesday saw the start of the “Step Up” program for 2019. This program allows all of our students to get a head start on next year’s work in all of their subjects. This is vitally important for Year 11 and 12 subjects as time during the year is limited. For current Year 10 and 11 students, Step Up runs all of next week, concluding Friday December 7. It also allows our current students from Years 7 to 9 to experience something of what next year will be like, and be completing meaningful work until the last day of their timetabled classes on Friday December 14. Year 7-9 students are expected to attend school on both Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th. Energy Breakthrough Last weekend saw the Energy Breakthrough hit the streets of Maryborough with teams entered from all across the state, from both Government and Independent schools. We entered our usual two teams but this year, things were a bit different as we did not run Energy Breakthrough as a Year 9/10 class. This year, interested students from any year level were invited to participate and in the end we had one team made up of mostly Year 11 boys (with Edward and Ned) and then a mixed team of Year 7 and 8’s. Both teams had trained hard over the last few weeks and months and did an outstanding job over the weekend – both on and off the track. We were delighted to come home with our highest ever podium finish – with Insufficient Funds coming 10th overall and 6th in class. Our previous best was in the 40’s so it was a great achievement. Send It Again came 84th overall and 12th in class which is great for one of the youngest teams with little experience. Well done to all competitors and much thanks to Mr Reynolds and Mr Marland for their ongoing work with the teams, and to Mrs Reynolds and Mrs Jackson (and Jenna Kirkpatrick) for camping out with the stu-dents over the weekend. Thanks also to School Council for their support in purchasing the new trisled trike which clearly helped the performance – and Steve Hicks whose paint job was wonderful – until the cart was rolled a couple of times Saturday night! Thanks also to the many parents who came to support our two teams. State School Spectacular A date for the diaries – the broadcast of this year’s Victorian State School Spectacular is Saturday December 8 on Channel 7 at 8pm. This is a fantastic State Government initiative that is well worth a watch. I am confident that we will be able to see our students who participated in the event – and also see the fantastic talents that we have in our state school system. If you have never seen it be-fore, I encourage you all to have a look – or set the recorder to watch it later. Year 12 Graduation On Wednesday night our Year 12 students, staff and parents gathered at the RSL Hall to celebrate the annual Graduation Dinner. This is a night to both celebrate a group of students who have fin-ished their secondary schooling, and allow them the opportunity to thank the staff and their parents for the support they have received throughout the year. It was a very positive night – with stories shared and an opportunity to mix in a relaxed atmosphere. Thanks to Mrs Dean and her crew for their organisation. Presentation Night Just a reminder to all families that Presentation Night is on Tuesday December 18 at the Town Hall at 7.30pm. Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 in 2018 are expected at school until lunchtime – when they can either go to the pool for activities or go home with a note. It is compulsory for all students to attend Presentation Night and be in full school uniform. Reports will be distributed at the end of the ceremony, which will be a bit different this year. I look forward to seeing everyone there. Tony Hand Principal
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Energy Breakthrough
The annual Energy Breakthrough took place between the 22nd
to the 25th of November in
Maryborough. St. Arnaud Secondary College had two teams of students across take part in this challenging 24 hour Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) event. The group of 20 students had been preparing for weeks in readiness for the challenge. The four days at the Energy Breakthrough require the students to work closely as a team, work to deadlines and to be resilient. Our students and vehicles, Send It Again in the B1 class and the brand new Insufficient Funds in the Open class, were put through their paces with a series of displays, presenta-tions, rigorous scrutineering and of course, racing. Friday, the day before the 24 hour race, is always busy. Each team undertook a presenta-tion to a panel of community members. They had to explain the process of how their team made it to the Breakthrough, why their vehicles are designed the way they are and show an understanding of the environmental issues that are related to our current transporta-tion systems. Scrutineering, where the vehicle is tested for safety and compliance to the rules, is always a challenging process and one that usually leads to headaches. However, both vehicles passed through the scrutineering without major issues. Students were then required to explain the engineering concepts behind their vehicle to a panel of experts. With the formalities of presentations behind them our students took to the track for the night practice session. On Saturday, the starting grid formed up and at 1pm the field of 100 vehicles, some elec-trical powered, some hybrid but the vast majority being pedal powered were away and racing. Our teams did extremely well with Insufficient Funds finishing 10
th overall, the highest
place St. Arnaud has been placed at this event, by completing 543 laps, or 857.9 km in 24 hours. Send It Again finished 84
th completing 353 laps or 557.7km iin the 24 hours.
During the weekend we had a number of visits from parents, community members and ex-students who came down to relive their time at the Energy Breakthrough. It was great to see a sea of familiar faces amongst our pit lane tents. Thank you to all the sponsors, parents and staff who assisted throughout this process. A special thank you to the students involved who showed high levels of resilience and team work, especially when the going got tough. Mr. Reynolds
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Energy Breakthrough
Energy Breakthrough
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Apprenticeships
Internships
Are you interested in a career in Agribusiness? AGRIBUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WITH AGRIMAC
LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT CAREER IN AG?
Look no further than these two great opportunities from Agrimac
Agrimac will offer a limited number of internships for the 2019 calendar year.
If you’re young, have a rural or farming back-
ground or interested in agriculture Agrimac in-
ternships are a great way to get a start with a
professional business selling the premium
brands in the market.
Internships will be for 6 months and you’ll be
exposed to sales, admin, workshop and all other
facets of the business. At completion of the in-
ternship successful interns will be offered ongo-
ing employment in the field best suited for them.
As well as supporting primary producers who
grow for a living, Agrimac are supporting rural
and regional areas by growing our own talent,
and offering lifetime skills to young people in
rural areas.
Have an interest or experience in the rural in-
dustry, and would like to do it in a supportive environment talk to Agrimac today.
Agrimac have a number of diesel mechanic and
parts interpreter/logistics apprenticeships available
at our three main branches for 2019.
You’ll be working in a business that represents the
premier brands in the rural market and have expo-
sure and gain skills in not only the traditional
trades but high end electronics, GPS technology
and the latest farm machinery. You’ll also be work-
ing in the paddock as well as our fully equipped
workshops under the supervision of experienced
professionals in those trades.
If you’re interested in gaining skills to serve you for
life, have an interest or experience in rural, and do
it in a supportive family business environment talk
to Agrimac today.
As well as supporting primary producers who grow for a living, Agrimac are supporting rural and re-
gional areas by growing our own talent, and offering lifetime skills to young people in rural areas.
Applications are via cover letter and CV to
[email protected]. Applications close December 18, 2018. Talk to your nearest Agrimac branch today about an Internship or Apprenticeship with Agrimac
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Phone: 03 5562 5555
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Cnr Learmonth & Ring Road
Wendouree VIC 3355
Phone: 03 5339 3038
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31 Melbourne Road
(Sunraysia Highway)
St Arnaud VIC 3478
Phone: 03 5495 1288
Careers and Pathways
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Harry Represents Victoria in Perth
Dallas Competes Interstate
Dallas Flanagan competed in the ECTRA Rodeo event last fortnight at KRanch Areana in Camden, near Sydney. Congratulations is extended to him for winning his Rodeo event, team roping over three head of cattle. He did this in a time of 27.1 seconds and then took home prize money and trophy sad-dles. Well done Dallas.
On the 16th of September 2018, I began my
trip to Perth, WA, where I was about to
compete in the FHE Cup 2018. Prior to my
journey to the FHE Cup, I was involved in
multiple hours of training sessions in Mel-
bourne and an individualised fitness pro-
gram, identified by my coaches. This in-
volved training 4 nights a week. During my
time at the Cup, we played against three
WA sides and also against teams from Ma-
laysia and Singapore. Japan also competed
in the Cup but were not in our pool. My
team CCA U16s boys placed 7th out of 10
teams. Overall, the experience and coach-
ing by Ryan and Lou Ciriello (father and son
duo) has been great and has helped me pro-
gress as a player on and off the field.
Harry Knights
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Dr Bruce Thorpe is avail-
able for
student consultations
every Tuesday from
10.00am – 2.00pm.
Students wanting
appointments
can see
Mrs. Chapman.
Term 4 2018 Semester 2
December Mon 3 MIPS
7-9 NGS Leadership Day—Stawell
Tues 4 Grade 6 Step Up Day
Fri 7 2018 Year 10 & 11s Last Day
Fri 14 STEP UP ENDS
Mon 17 Activities Day
Tues 18 Presentation Night 7.30pm
Fri 21 LAST DAY
Term 1 2019 Semester 1
January Tues 29 Teachers start back at school
Wed 30 Students in Year 7, 11 & 12 resume school
Thurs 31 Students in Year 8, 9 & 10 resume school
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Notices
