Linkup Manangatang P-12 College

May 4, 2017 Term 2 Issue 12

KEY DATES

MAY

9 PIZZA DAY

10-12 MOTHERS DAY STALL

12 P-6 ASSEMBLY HOSTED BY PREP/1 AND PLANNED MOTHER’S DAY MORNING TEA WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO THE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION

16 SECONDARY DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY

23 PRIMARY DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY

JUNE

2 PRIMARY ASSEMBLY HOSTED BY YEAR 4/5/6

6 REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY PRIMARY & SECONDARY

14 WINTER SPORTS(SWAN HILL) AND INFANT ACTIVITY DAY (NYAH DISTRICT PRIMARY SCHOOL)

23 PRIMARY ASSEMBLY HOSTED BY YEAR 2/3

26-30 VCE CAMP

30 PUPIL FREE DAY

JULY

20 STATE CROSS COUNTRY

AUGUST

14-18 5-6 ROSES GAP CAMP

21-25 7-10 RUBICON CAMP

NAPLAN Next week is NAPLAN Week across Australia. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in a number of activities that measure their competence in Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar and Numeracy. This is important data to help schools to help students with their learning. No student (or parent) should be worried by NAPLAN – the tasks will already be familiar to all students. Students do need to do their best. Nothing more.

What every school needs is an accurate measure of strengths and weaknesses so that teaching can be targeted at the particular skills that need to be addressed. Any student who is absent will complete the tasks in a ‘catch-up’ session.

MALLEE EDUCATION CLUSTER

Yesterday I attended a meeting of Principals from Robinvale, Nangiloc, Werrimull, Murrayville, Underbool, Ouyen and Sea Lake. We reflected on the many achievements that have resulted from working together over many years and made plans for future cooperation. It is thirty years since the original Mallee Secondary College Cluster was formed with the primary aims of expanding curriculum provision and keeping young people in education. After many years of successes, there are new opportunities to revisit these aims.

There was also reflection on the role of the Country Education Project in past years. CEP was born in 1977 and there are 40th anniversary celebrations being organized for August. Members of the community who were a part of CEP in the past are invited to contact the school to share their history of involvement.

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS

My thanks go to Tonya Taylor and Wayne Riches for their organization of photographs this week. All orders will be returned later this term.

HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY

Congratulations to all students who completed their course today. Congratulations also to the various Age Champions, place-getters and the winning team, Mallee. My thanks go to Sarah Plant and the staff who assisted with the success of the day and to the parents who came along to support the event.

ATTENDANCE

Last week, students in Years 1, 2, 4, 11 and 12 achieved 100% attendance. Well done!

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YEAR 7-10 PE

The five week training diary is to be completed and handed in on Tuesday, May 9.

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Nu-meracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. It has been an every-day part of the school calendar since 2008.

NAPLAN tests the sorts of skills that are essential for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling and numeracy. The assessments are undertaken nationwide, every year, in the second full week in May.

The results of the tests provide information for students, parents, teachers and principals which can be used to improve student achievement.

All students are expected to participate in the NAPLAN test. Students may be withdrawn from NAPLAN by their parent or carer. This is a matter for consideration by parents and carers in consultation with the principal. If, after consultation, you decide to withdraw your child, you must sign a Student Withdrawal form. These are available at school.

Later in the year you will receive your child’s personal NAPLAN report. The report will describe your child’s particular skills in Reading, Writing, Language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. It also shows how your child performed in relation to national minimum standards. This will supplement the information provided in their school Semester Report.

An NAPLAN information page will also be forwarded to parents of Years 3,5,7 and 9 with this Linkup.

Tonya Taylor

Week 3 – Pumpkin frittata Are your kids sick of sandwiches? Try this simple pumpkin frittata for something different. Ingredients

250g butternut pumpkin, peeled, thinly sliced

6 eggs

1/4 cup milk

2 green onions, sliced

1/2 cup grated tasty cheese

1 garlic clove, crushed 2 tablespoons tasty cheese, grated, extra

Method Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan-forced. Grease a 6cm-deep, 20cm-round cake pan. Line base and side with baking paper. Place pumpkin in prepared pan. Whisk eggs and milk together in a bowl. Stir in onion, cheese and garlic. Pour over the

pumpkin in pan. Sprinkle with extra cheese. Bake for 30 minutes or until set. Cool in pan for 5 minutes. Carefully turn frittata, top-side up, onto a baking paper-lined

baking tray. Cool completely. Cut into wedges. Store in an airtight container in the fridge. Recipe from: http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/pumpkin-frittata/60246381-2ade-41fc-8089-41cf76acafd8

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Cross Country Today our students took to the Cross Country track in the annual inter-house Cross Country Carnival. A full report will be in next week's Linkup. In the lead up to this event training was offered to all interested students. It was fantastic to have 12-13 students take up this opportunity each week at training. Training will continue over the next few weeks on Wednesdays at 3:30. Location will depend on numbers, so we will meet at the bike racks each week. I would like to thank Rebekah Price for offering to come along and assist, her help was greatly appreciated. She helped on a checkpoint when students were practising the track and also ran small running sessions for younger student who came along with older siblings. Sarah Plant

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P-6 News

Handwriting

This week’s winners of our handwriting awards are:

Prep/1 – Bella Oliver who had copied the recipe for ANZAC biscuits from the board.

Year 2/3 – Cooper Plant for consistent sizing and improved letter formation.

Year 4/5/6 – Maddison Plant – consistent, neat writing and presentation of work.

Headlice

A case of headlice has been reported. We would encourage all parents to check student’s hair and treat if

necessary.

P-6 Assembly

Next Friday, May 12th, Prep and Year 1 students will host their first assembly for the year. Everyone is welcome

to attend. This will be followed by a Mother’s Day Morning Tea at a cost of $5 with all proceeds going to the

Breast Cancer Foundation.

Lisa Zanker

MOTHER’S DAY MORNING TEA

A morning tea will be held after the P-6

Assembly next week, Friday, May 12th. $5 per

head for cakes and tea or coffee with all

proceeds going to the Breast Cancer

Foundation. Cupcakes will be available for all

P-6 students and other children in attendance

for the cost of a gold coin donation.

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Prep/1 Report

The Prep/1 students have been looking at recipes this term as we prepare to make ANZAC biscuits. The big

event is happening tomorrow morning. We are very excited. We have been writing the recipe out so that we

know what to do and we have also tasted all the ingredients that we need to make the biscuits. Some are not

very nice all by themselves. We are hoping they taste yummy when they are all put together!

We are building up our reading stamina and are working towards being able to read for 10 minutes without

being distracted. This is a little tricky for some of us but we are displaying persistence.

During Maths time we have continued to explore numbers and have been working very hard on something that

we will present at assembly. We have also been doing lots of sorting and measuring.

During theme time we have continued our theme unit of Caring and Sharing. We will be giving our oral

presentations about our family. Could parents please ensure their child has something to assist with their

presentation. Notes will go home regarding this today.

There are a number of excursions coming up, so please check bags for notes.

Donna Mackenzie

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Year 2 & 3 News

Last week we listened to a story about a man named Simpson who with the help of a donkey called

Duffy rescued injured soldiers during the First World War. We learned to spell some of the words from

the story – soldiers, legend, troops, battle, wounded, hospital, donkey, April, stretchers and beach –

and discovered what graphemes were used for each of the phonemes. Every day we wrote these

words – the more we write the better the chance we have of remembering how to spell it. We also

used all of the ten words to construct a piece of text, which we shared at the end of the lesson. This

week we have been looking at exposition – persuasive texts. We looked at some examples and worked

out the structure – what are the important parts of the text. We discovered that there is always a title,

a statement of position – what you think, three arguments and a ‘because’ and finally a concluding

statement. Words such as firstly, secondly and finally are important words because they create a sense

of order. We have used a graphic organiser to plan a persuasive text – Fish Make Excellent Pets and

brainstormed reasons as to why they would be perfect pets. Firstly, secondly and finally are also part of

this week’s spelling list – we need to be able to spell these words because we are going to use these

when writing a persuasive text. We have also written a short text as to why John Simpson deserves a

medal. The more times we write these kinds of texts, the easier they become. We have worked out

that thinking of arguments is the most challenging part of creating these types of texts.

In Maths we have looked at adding and subtracting and used a pair of number targets. We set up a

grid, label it with tens and ones and show all of our working out. Sometimes we need to move a ten

over from the ones if our answer is bigger than nine. Some of us are ready to move onto larger number

targets because we understand exactly what we should be doing. Every day we finish off counting

patterns using some different strategies. We have also played a game of Cat and Mouse. We discussed

the idea of a game being ‘fair’ and worked in groups to collect some data. After looking at our results

we decided that the game was fair, there was just as much chance of the mouse ending up with the

cheese as it was ending up with the cat. This week we have designed a new gameboard, trialled to see

if it was ‘fair’ and then carefully reproduced it for the final presentation. Some of us have added the

instructions on how to play and we all need to produce some data to prove its fairness.

Steve Taylor

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New School Polo Shirt

EXCITING UNIFORM NEWS

As a result of much hard work by our Parents and Friends, SRC and the School Council committee, we will be introducing a new school Polo Shirt. This new Polo top is fantastic quality, and has the school embroidered logo on it.

Please note that all existing blue Polo can be worn for the next two years.

All order forms must be returned WITH PAYMENT to the school office by the 26th May 2017.

Or direct deposit: BSB 033 250 ACCOUNT NUMBER 602160

PRE-ORDER YOUR NEW POLO SHIRT NOW

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Careers News

Weekly Career News

Early Achievers Program at Australian Catholic University (ACU): This is an early entry program that takes into ac-

count factors other than just your ATAR for admission into courses. Factors include evidence of community service, leader-

ship, and school participation etc. If you are accepted into the program, you will be guaranteed entry into the degree of your

choice with a minimum ATAR, providing you meet prerequisites. The following are the minimum ATARs for the 2018 intake

70: Law and all dual Law degrees

70: Physiotherapy (subject to change)

65: Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, and Paramedicine.

58.5: all other degrees.

Applications are now open and close Monday 17 July, http://bit.ly/2kPLY2t

Interested in studying business? Did you know that some universities offer a year of industry experience as part of

their undergraduate business degrees? The following are three examples:

Victoria University http://bit.ly/2oWTNp7

Swinburne University:, http://bit.ly/2pwwEM0

RMIT: http://bit.ly/2aHKMgR

Have you considered studying at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)? The following information has

been copied from the Defence Force Recruiting Newsletter. ADFA is situated in Canberra and is a university like no other,

offering combined military and leadership training, with a world-class degree from the University of New South Wales

(UNSW). It has the best university student-to-teacher ratio in the country and amazing sports and recreational facilities.

Why ADFA?

The education and experiences of ADFA will equip you to deal with the professional and personal challenges of your chosen

career

Be trained in the art of leadership by experienced military professionals

Access exceptional sporting and recreational facilities and be a part of a wide variety of sports and special-interest clubs

Earn your degree from UNSW

Choose from a range of degrees - Arts, Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Science and Technology

Enjoy free medical and dental, subsidised food and accommodation

Receive a starting salary of $40,310 plus super while studying and no Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) fees.

For more information on ADFA call 13 19 01 or visit http://bit.ly/1d0fiI6

Changes to entry requirements for Victorian undergraduate education degrees: For the 2018 intake, the following

selection criteria may be required for undergraduate education courses:

Achieve a minimum ATAR of 65: Some universities will require a higher ATAR.

Complete the CASPer test: this is an online video-based situational judgment test, designed to measure ethics, empathy

and communication (selected universities only) http://bit.ly/2qjjaGt

Achieve prerequisites: meet the requirements for prerequisite subjects.

Please contact the universities you will be applying to for specific information.

VCE and Careers Expo: This event enables senior school students and their parents to participate in a diverse

range of seminars related to VCE subjects, gap year opportunities, vocational and higher education courses, career path-

ways and VCE study skills. 171 exhibitors will be in attendance, and 156 seminars will be offered. Cost is $10 per student.

The event is being held at Caulfield Racecourse between Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 May. To find out more and to order tick-

ets, go to www.vceandcareers.com.au

Manangatang P-12 College

4105 Mallee Highway, Manangatang

Victoria 3546

Phone: 03 5035 1270

Fax: 03 5035 1244

www.manang.vic.edu.au

www.facebook.com/manangatangp12

E-mail:

linkup@manang.vic.gov.au or manangatang.p12@edumail.vic.gov.au

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College / Community News

CLOSES 15/04/16

UNITING CHURCH

SERVICES

May

7 9.00am T Kap H.C.

21 11.00am G Sonsi

Cake/Plant Stall Fundraiser for Emma

Sport Travel Australia has invited Emma Templeton to be a part of their athletics team

that will be traveling to Canada in June this year to compete in athletics meets in British

Columbia.

Parents and Friends will be holding a Cake and Plant stall at the Swan Hill Community Tree ( Located at traffic lights opposite Clark’s) tomorrow, Friday the 5th of May 2017.

The proceeds of this fundraiser will be going towards assisting Emma Templeton in her

travel and competition expenses.

Parents and Friends welcome any donations of cake, plant or items suitable for a raffle

prize for this fundraiser.

If you are able to help on the Friday in Swan Hill please let me know.

Thanks

Donna Barry (5035 1369)

Manangatang P-12 College Parents and Friends

Acknowledgement of Country

Manangatang P-12 College acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

peoples as the first peoples and traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn

and work.

FITNESS CLASSES

Friday May 5th Circuit @ 9.30am

Tuesday May 9th Night Fitness @ 5pm

Friday May 12th @ Circuit @ 9am - Please note the earlier time due to Mothers day Assembly at school.

Sunday Spin - 9.30am each Sunday. Please book in to ensure enough bikes are available.

COMBINED CHURCH GUILD

This year the Ecumenical

Combined Church Luncheon will

be held on Friday, May 19 at

12.30pm at the Manangatang

Hotel. A two-course meal will be

available at a cost of $22.00.

Come along and join us for an

enjoyable afternoon, Names to

Marg Carroll (0428 788 133) by

Friday, May 12 please.

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