School Sport Victoria State Athletics Congratulations to the three Oberon students that qualified to compete at the State Athletic Finals on Friday 18th October.

Great efforts by Sarah Dickson (Year 7) who placed 6th in the 1500m, Amelie Parfitt (Year 8) who placed 3rd in the Javelin and Caleb Morrissy (Year 11) who placed 3rd in the 400m and 4th in the 100m and 200m.

Year 8 & 9 Tasmania Camp We have 89 students and 8 staff heading to Tasmania leaving on Monday 4th November travelling on the Spirit of Tasmania and returning by plane on Saturday 9th November. The group will visit a range of locations including, Cradle Mountain, Launceston, Freycinet National Park - Wine Glass Bay, Port Arthur and Hobart and the Salamanca Market.

State Finals For Chess Well done to Kai Bowie, Daniel Locke, Ruchir Bhatt, Navneet Jaswal and Sid Shrivastava who competed in the Year 9 &10 Chess State Final on Monday 21st October. The competition was conducted against State Government Schools as well as Private and Catholic Schools.

School Captains 2020 The process for electing the 2020 School Captains began on Friday 25th October with students speaking to their year level outlining why they should be elected. The next stage of the selection process is that all of the prospective school captains will be interviewed by a panel. Following this the Year 11 students and teachers will vote. The school captains will be announced at the Year 11 formal in late November.

Melbourne Cup A reminder that the Tuesday of Melbourne Cup is a normal school day. All classes will be operating as usual and all school buses will operate as normal.

Tim McMahon

Year 12 Celebration Day and Assembly On Tuesday 22nd October the school held a Whole School Assembly in which we farewelled our 2019 Year 12s from their formal classes and wished them all of the best in their upcoming exams.

It was great to see so many family and friends of the Year 12s attending the assembly to reflect on and celebrate their 13 years of schooling. The assembly was organised by the Year 12s with support from Later Years Leader Ms Liz Kelly and Year 12 Manager Mr Adam Freeman, it combined a mixture of heartfelt messages and humour and was a fitting way for the students to farewell their time at Oberon High School.

VCE Exams Students across the state began their VCE exams on Wednesday 30th October, with the English exam and will conclude exams on Wednesday 20th November with Indonesian.

We wish all of our students undertaking VCE subjects all the best in their upcoming exam period. A reminder to parents and students that all Year 12 teachers will remain accessible to the students up until their VCE exam is completed, therefore I encourage students to use this resource if required.

A wonderful achievement by Sarah, Amelie and Caleb.

School for Student Leadership – China Experience Six of our Year 9 students who were selected to participate in the DET School for Student Leadership six week China Experience - Kurt Armistead, Callie Barnes, Kai Bowie, Leo Burgess, Caitlin Dawber and Annie Wills will leave Australia on Saturday 2nd November. The group will return in six weeks on 14th December.

We wish them well as they participate in this amazing learning experience.

NOVEMBER

Sat 2nd Vic Young Leaders to China Program >14 Dec

Mon 4th Yr 8/9 Tasmania Tour> 9 Nov

VEX Geelong Mini Robot competition

Sat 9th VEX Robotics State Championships

Tues 12th Christmas Appeal casual dress day

Wed 13th Last day Yr 11 VCE/VCAL classes

Yr 10 resilience and study activation session

School Council meeting 6.30pm

Thurs 14th Yr 11 exams >19th Dec

Wed 20th Last day of Yr 12 Written exams

Yr 11 Formal 6.00pm

Frid 22nd Yr 11 into Yr 12 Commencement Program >26

Mon 25th Yr 12 Valedictory Dinner 6.30pm

Tues 26th Yr 7 Immunisation

Wed 27th 8A Compass expedition

Thurs 28th 8B Compass expedition

Frid 29th Yr 10 History Tech School excursion

Last day of Yr 10 classes

School Disco 7.00pm

DECEMBER

Mon 2nd 8B Tech School excursion

Yr 10 exams (Maths/English)

Tues 3rd Yr 7 Compass walk at You Yangs

Yr 10 into Yr 11 Commencement Program

Thurs 5th 8B Compass Volunteering GAWS

Tues 10th Orientation for Yr 6 students

Wed 11th Yr 8 Little Day Out /School Council meeting

Absence Hotline - 03 5215 9733 Issue 17 Friday 1st November, 2019

12 Pickett Crescent, Belmont, 3216 Ph: 5243 4444 Web: www.oberonhs.vic.edu.au Email: oberon.hs@edumail.vic.gov.au

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Uniting Barwon has access to limited funds to provide assistance for families who may need extra support with the financial cost of books (including the cost of the digital books subscription to Education Perfect) and uniforms for 2020. Families need to have a current Health Care Card to be eligible for support.

As part of the process Uniting Barwon require a family member to attend an interview to help determine the needs and support that the family require.

Unfortunately the funds do not enable them to assist all families with a Centrelink benefit card, thus it is important to get in early.

Please contact Uniting Barwon between 9.00am and 12.00pm on 4210 1100, from October 14th to arrange an interview as soon as possible. Interviews will be conducted from October 29th and then on every Tuesday and Thursday until the end of November 2019.

If you have further questions or queries regarding this process, please feel free to contact me at Oberon High School on 52 43 4444.

Sam Mackenzie

Student Wellbeing Coordinator

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR BOOKS & UNIFORMS FOR 20208

In extremely windy conditions Lockie Bath capped off a sensational year by sweeping the prize table at Colac Golf Club.

Bath completed the trifecta by claiming the Craig Spence Cup, The SWGA Boys Championship and the Junior Order of Merit – Bill Cunningham Trophy (Gross section).

Bath had to deal with a strong field including Country Week players Tom Hanson and Matty McFarlane, seasoned campaigner Jack Martin, Port Fairy star Noah Best and a host of other up and coming guns.

In the end, Bath held his nerve to defeat Hanson in a sudden death playoff.

Congratulations Lockie on your great achievements.

YEAR 11

November Exam Period Thursday 14th November - Tuesday 19th November

Year 11 Formal - Wednesday 20th November

Year 12 Commencement Program - Friday 22nd November - Tuesday 26th November

Oberon Awards Day - Tuesday 17th December

YEAR 12

Year 12 End of Year Written Exams Wednesday 30th October - Wednesday 20th November

Valedictory Dinner - Monday 25th November

Could parents of students in Year 11 & 12 please mark these dates in your calendar

VCE IMPORTANT DATES

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

2019 Christmas Appeal

Casual Dress Day

Tues 12th November

Please bring a gold coin donation and support the Appeal!

CASUAL DRESS DAY

Call 5215 9733

ABSENCE LINE PHONE NUMBER

German Exchange Trip 2020 Planning is well under way for the next round of German exchange. Eight Oberon students, along with another fifteen from four other schools will travel. Oberon is again the organising school.

Parents are reminded that final payment will be due at the end of November. You will receive an in-voice shortly. DET German Language Assistant appointed to Oberon for 2020 We recently received the fantastic news that Oberon will have the services of a German Language As-sistant for 2 days each week in 2020.

We will welcome Max Filippzik in January 2020 to Oberon. Max will also work at North Geelong SC for 2 days each week.

LANGUAGE NEWS

LANGUAGES CORNERIN 2018

PLACES TEMPAT Orte ばしょ basho

Bank bank die Bank ぎんこう ginkoo

Museum museum das Museu はくぶつかん hakubutsukan

Restaurant rumah makan das Restaurant レストラン resutoran

Chemist apotek die Apotheke やっきょく yakkyoku

Hospital rumah sakit das Krankenhaus びょういん byooin

Police station kantor polisi die Polizei けいさつしょ keisatsusho

Post office kantor pos die Post ゆうびんきょく yuubinkyoku

School sekolah die Schule がっこう gakkoo

University universitas die Universität だいがく daigaku

Petrol station pompa bensin die Tankstelle ガソリンスタンド gasorinsutando

Train station stasiun kereta api der Bahnhof えき eki

Airport bandar udara der Flughafen くうこう kuukoo

Church gereja die Kirche きょうかい kyookai

Mosque mesjid die Moschee モスク mosuku

Temple candi/pura der Tempel おてら otera

Library perpustakaan die Bibliothek としょかん toshokan

Supermarket toko swalayan der Supermarkt スーパー suupaa

Cinema bioskop das Kino えいがかん eigakan

Public toilets w.c. umum die Toiletten/das WC べんじょ benjo

Play AFL in Cologne and Experience Germany When You Finish School

The Rheinland Lions AFL Club in Cologne is seeking players for its teams. A women's’ competition is starting up in Germany for the first time. If you are interested please contact:

lions.aflg@gmail.com

or refer to the flyer on page 2 in this newsletter. Frau Ray could also provide some additional information.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER - PLEASE MARK IN YOUR DIARY

YEAR 12 Wednesday 30th October – Wednesday 20th

November

Monday 25th November

Friday 13th December

Year 12 Exams - Students will be given their individual timeta-

bles

Year 12 Valedictory Dinner – 6.30 pm - 11.00 pm - The Pier

Year 12 Results

YEAR 11 Wednesday 13th November

Thursday 14th - Tuesday 19th November

Wednesday 20th November

Friday 22nd November – Tuesday 26th

November

Last day of Year 11 classes

Year 11 Exams

Year 11 Formal – Geelong Football Club

Year 11 into 12 VCE 2020 Commencement Program at Ober-

on (Program compulsory for all 2019 Year 11 students) Tues-

day 26th November is the last day at school for Year 11

students.

YEAR 10 Friday 29th November

Monday 2nd December

Tuesday 3rd – Thursday 5th December

Last day of Year 10 classes

Year 10 Exams

Year 10 into 11 VCE 2020 Commencement Program at Ober-

on (Program compulsory for all 2019 Year 10 students).

Thursday 5th December is the last day at school for Year

YEAR 6, 7, 8 & 9 Tuesday 26th November

Tuesday 10th– Wednesday 11th December

Thursday 12th, Friday 13th and Monday 16th

December

Year 7 Immunisations (current Year 7 students)

Year 7 2020 Orientation Program 9.00am in the Library

End of Year Activities for Years 7 - 9 - details will be distribut-

ed to students

ALL YEAR LEVELS Tuesday 17th December

Wednesday 18th December

Thursday 19th December

Thursday 19th December

Friday 20th December

Oberon Awards Day - Costa Hall 11.00 a.m. All students

are expected to attend

School Picnic - 9.00am-3.25pm

Staff Professional Learning Program

Parent/Teacher Interviews as required by appointment

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL TERM- Program provided for

those students in attendance

COMMENCEMENT DATES FOR

EARLY 2020 Friday 24

th January

Monday 27th January

Tuesday 28th January

Wednesday 29h January

Thursday 30th January

Monday 10th February

Wednesday 5th– Friday 7th February

Friday 6th March

School Office Open

School Office Open

Teachers return to school

Students in Years 7, 11 & 12 commence school

Students in Years 8, 9 & 10 commence school. All students

now in attendance.

School Swimming Sports

Year 7 Camp - Alexandra Adventure Camp

Oberon Athletics Carnival

2019 VCE EXAMINATION TIMETABLE The 2019 VCE Examination Timetable is available on the VCAA website at

https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/administration/Key-dates/Pages/VCE-exam-timetable.aspx

As part of Oberon High School’s commitment to Community Service, each year we organise an Oberon Christmas Appeal to support families in our local area. This year our Christmas

Appeal aims to support Uniting Care - who every year supports many of our Oberon families by providing assistance with the purchase of text books and uniforms. Through our fundraising efforts, we will be presenting Uniting Barwon with children’s toys, which they will distribute to local families in need.

Students from the Year 7C Enhancement Class are organising the Oberon Christmas Appeal for 2019 as a part of their Compass Awards Program.

To assist us with the Appeal we would like to ask students and their families to donate gifts.

Suggested items for donation could include:

Toys eg: Lego, Cars, Dolls & Beach Toys

Kids DVD’s

Arts & Crafts

Colouring Items eg: Textas, Pencils & Colouring Books

Gift Cards

Sporting Equipment – Bats & Balls

Casual Dress Day

BBQ/Drinks/Spiders

Food Stall

Unfortunately due to Health Regulations we are unable to accept second-hand items.

If you prefer to donate gold coins these will be used to go toward the purchase of children’s toys.

We will be collecting items/donations up until the end of November. Please bring donations to Carole Fisher in staffroom 1 or leave in the main office. Any questions or concerns, please feel free to call on 5243 4444.

If you would like to donate items for the raffle hampers we would greatly appreciate this. We are aiming to raise $1,500.

Carole Fisher & 7C Enhancement Class

OBERON CHRISTMAS APPEAL 2019