VOL 16 Thursday 12 September 2019

Child Safety Standards – we are committed to the

safety and wellbeing of all children and young people.

This is our primary focus of our care and

decision-making. Seymour College community has zero

tolerance for child abuse.

Seymour Has Talent ‘Seymour Has Talent’ was held on 30th and 31st August. Students

from across the College participated in the show, showcasing their

individual talents. There was dancing, singing, jokes, riddles, plays

and lots of musical instruments. Students participated in organised

group acts and made up their own acts. They prepared, practised

and performed entertaining acts for the audience. The highlights

were the preps rocking out music through the ages, and exposing a

whole new generation of music that has been overlooked. They

were particularly awesome when they party rocked. The State

School Spectacular students showcased all their hard work for this

year’s show and the choir was a big presence.

Doug and Emily Hooper, Kaed Mills, Tate Watson, Jhett Wyatt,

Cena, Dominiek and Alexie Marshall, Emily and Isabelle Kemp and

Eliza Carroll-Keays show talent every year when they return with

new and improved acts. Students related well to each other, with

the senior students guiding the younger students and being an

incredible asset to the staff with experience in music, lighting,

sound and stage organisation. It was amazing to see the talent at Seymour

College from students and staff who mentored and assisted students to

achieve success. Mandy Ridd

IMPORTANT DATES

Tuesday 17th September

Student Led Conferences

(No scheduled classes)

PLEASE ENTER VIA THE GENERAL OFFICE

Friday 20th September

Last Day Term 3

2:30pm Finish

Mon 30th Sep-Thu 3rd Oct

Practice Exams

VCE units 3 & 4

Monday 7th October

First Day Term 4

Monday 4th November

Curriculum Day

Pupil Free

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Welcome to the last newsletter for Term 3.

The term has provided many opportunities for our students and our families to connect with learning and join in College life. We have witnessed many activities including, Seymour College Has Talent, a myriad of excursions and special events which have brought our students closer to their school and local communities.

The new Learning Building and the Early Learning Centre are on track for completion this year and these will add another dimension to the teaching and learning experiences offered at Seymour College.

Last week I hosted Mr. Chris McDonnell, the CEO of Seymour Health for the ‘Principal for a Day’ program. This was a great opportunity to showcase all that we offer and it also allowed our leaders to connect and build networks with Mr. McDonnell’s health industry. Both the Hospital and Seymour College are major employers in the town, and as leaders of large teams of people, we were able to share strategies and learn from each other.

Our transition program for Year 6 students into Year 7 in 2020 has continued with some of our Tallarook and Nagambie students returning to their primary schools last week.

Today we farewelled Mr. John Huggins, the College’s maintenance employee, who has worked at the College since 1985. We wished John all the best on his retirement and celebrated his long service over morning tea.

Next Tuesday, the 17th September, we host the student-led conferences which commence at 12pm and conclude at 7pm. Please book your time via the Compass portal or contact the general office on 57711300. All students are required to attend the allocated times you book on this day.

A reminder that practice exams and study sessions will be held in the school holidays for our VCE students who are preparing for the end of year exams. Details will be on the Compass calendar.

Lastly, all the best to the students who are representing the College in the

State School Spectacular at the Melbourne Arena on Saturday! We have

students in the mass choir and the mass dance groups again this year.

Gail Hardman - Executive Principal

The year 8s have been working on their reading goal of ‘Reading aloud

to an audience’.

Over a 2 week period exploring fluency, the students were sharpening

up their skills in reading with phrasing, expression and intonation.

Their target audience were the preps, where picture storybooks were

shared and feedback was given on their performance - yes, by the

preps! The preps were also able to showcase their reading skills.

All students thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the year 8s learnt

that it really wasn’t that daunting.

Well done to everyone.

Katherine Cook

Reading to Learn with the Preps

Gail Hardman & Derek Rimes farewell John Huggins

Seymour College

TERM CALENDAR – IMPORTANT DATES

WEEK 2 Monday 14th – Friday 18th October

Monday 14th

Tuesday 15th

Wednesday 16th

Thursday 17th

Friday 18th Healesville Sanctuary Excursion - Years 5 & 6

WEEK 10 Monday 16th – Friday 20th September

Monday 16th Whole College Assembly - 9am

Primary Colour Fun Run

Tuesday 17th Student Led Conferences - No scheduled classes

Wednesday 18th Year 12 Retreat Camp

Thursday 19th

Friday 20th Year 12 Retreat Camp - Return

Last Day Term 3 - 2.30pm finish

Term 4 2019

WEEK 9 Monday 9th – Friday 13th September

Monday 9th Year 12 Physics visit to Australian Synchrotron

Tuesday 10th

Wednesday 11th Primary District Athletics

Thursday 12th

Melbourne Aquarium

Year 9 ODE Lorne Bushwalk

State School Spectacular - (12th - 14th September)

Friday 13th Young Leaders Program

WEEK 1 Monday 7th – Friday 11th October

Monday 7th First Day Term 4

Tuesday 8th

Wednesday 9th

Thursday 10th

Friday 11th

Monday 30th September - Thursday 3rd October Practice Exams - VCE units 3 & 4

Primary News Dear Parents and Carers,

What a great term we have had! Please make sure that you attend student led conferences to find out about all that your child has learnt. Book your appointment through compass, or contact the office.

As the term is winding down, the weather is getting warmer. Can we please make sure that students have their hats ready to go for Term 4. The weather will only become hotter and it is important that your children are sun smart!

It’s not long until the end of term, but the learning will continue so please keep you child attending school!

Dean Bush - Assistant Principal

Year 12 Synchrotron Visit Last Monday, Year 12 Physics

students visited the Australian

Synchrotron in Clayton. This

facility is a particle accelerator,

which speeds electrons up to close

to the speed of light. This enables

research to be done using x-rays

into fields as diverse as art

history, agriculture, medicine, and

pharmaceuticals.

Students took a tour of the facilities, and also

conducted three laboratory experiments related to

their Unit 4 studies into the nature of light.

Bernadette Young

DEFENCE SCHOOL MENTOR NEWS

Defence School Mentor: My contact hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 0830 to 1530.

Please feel free to make contact via the following means

Email: carroll-keays.maryanne.f@edumail.vic.gov.au

Phone: 5771 1300 (School Reception)

Please let me know

so I can support your children

1. Is your family Posting?

2. Is the defence member

deployed or deploying soon?

3. Is your family living MWDU?

Please respond via email. Wishing you all Happy and Safe Holidays

VET Sport and Recreation update By Charlotte Kidd & Laura MacLeod-Smith

In VET Sport and Recreation this year the class have been involved in a variety of activities, some of which included: lawn bowls, working with the grades 3 & 4 students, completing a first aid course and visiting the local Leisure Centre. These activities have helped us to work with a variety of people within our community, as well as showing us what roads our sport and recreation class could lead us to in the future.

Lawn bowls got our class involved with members of the local community that perhaps we may not have got to meet if not for this course. It also taught us new skills and the rules of the game.

Running an activity session with the grades 3 & 4 taught us valuable leadership skills and how to work with younger people effectively. It also helped us develop our planning and organisational skills.

First aid is a vital part of our learning; it ensures that we are able to respond effectively in an emergency situation and that we can administer CPR if needed. We were also taught how to use a defibrillator and how to properly inject an epi-pen.

Our visit to the Leisure Centre not only taught us about the types of jobs available in the sport and recreation industry, but gave us an opportunity to trial some of the services offered there, such as: metafit, boxing, boot camp and spin cycling.

It has been interesting to get involved in a range of non-traditional sports as well, most of which we had never heard of. These sports included: Korfball, Pickle-ball, Speed-Minton, Frisbee Golf and Gaelic Football.

We are looking forward to our end of year excursion to MSAC where we can tour the facility and get involved in a variety of their sports programs.

We are extremely grateful that we were given this chance to educate

ourselves further about the sport and recreation industry

and would like to thank all the people in our community that

provided us with this opportunity.

SEYMOUR COLLEGE PRIMARY COLOUR RUN

Less than One week to go until our P-6 School Colour Run on Monday 16th September, starting at 2:00pm on the oval. It has been great to see so many students using the schoolfundraising.com.au to get the most out of this fundraiser.

Just a reminder that students will need to wear a light colour t-shirt other than their uniform, which can get colour on it. Colour may stain this t-shirt so make sure it is an old one.

Not only can you support the school and students with your sponsorship – but you can also join in on the fun! We’d love to welcome parents and family members to attend the School Colour Run. If you would also like to volunteer to help on the day, please contact us on the details below.

We’ve set our money due back date as Friday 20th September so please make sure you’ve

returned all your money by then.

If you have any questions or issues with online fundraising, please contact the School Fun-Run team on 1800 FUN RUN and they will gladly assist!

I am looking forward to seeing you there. Leah Saunders Physical Education Primary School Teacher Phone: 5771 1300

School Colour Run

Monday 16th September @ 2PM Remember to:

Sign up and raise money to get a great prize.

Bring old clothes to complete the fun run

PARENTS are ALL Welcome to come and help with the colour run.

If you do not want your child to participate in the ‘Colour Fun Run’

could you please inform the General Office.

Free entry – donations to help cover costs of license etc. appreciated.

BYO bean bag/cushions

to enjoy the movie in comfort.

Saturday 14 September 2019

Doors open 6:30pm for 7pm movie start.

Venue: Seymour Uniting Church, 11-13 Crawford St.

Snacks including pop corn and drinks available for purchase.

Come enjoy a movie from the last few years on a big screen. Due to our license, the movie title can be found on our Facebook page, Seymour Uniting Church.

For more info contact:

Peter: 0419 863 804 or Michael: 0458 742 362 Facebook: Seymour Uniting Church.

Seymour Uniting Church serving our community.

WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER

10AM – 11.30AM

SCHOOL

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