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WORTH READINGISSUE 9 2 1 S T J U N E 2 0 1 3

TERM 3

COMMENCES

Monday 15th July

A Proud History, a Bright Future

Year 9 Rewards

ProgramWednesday 19th June was the occasion or our rstYear 9 Rewards Day. The aim o the program was to givestudents incentives to maintain their motivation throughwhat can be a challenging year. Reward activitiesincluded:

Staying overnight at the Zoo Students packed theirwinter woolies and headed o via train to the MelbourneZoo Snoozzz program. Sleeping securely in tents wasgreat, condent that the ear piercing screeches camerom saely behind a ew ences they were behindences. werent they? Students had a chilly but

wonderul night listening to the roars and snores o thesurrounding zoo and ater a yummy breakast, spent themorning visiting the creatures who werent quite so scaryin the daylight. Thanks to Ms Ward and Mr Velardi orsharing the adventure.

Music Workshop Students gathered or an intensiveday immersed in music, music and more music. Aterwatching and listening to gain some inspiration, studentsdeveloped and recorded their own masterpieces. Thanksto Mr Allan or his expertise and guiding talent.

Live Theatre performance Legally Blonde the Musical

A lucky group o Year 9 ladies joined Mr Wiegerinkand parent volunteer Tracey Lowther or a day o livetheatre. Legally Blonde The Musical was the showingat the Princess Theatre in Melbourne and our luckystudents had their seats upgraded to enjoy the antasticperormance. A magnicent day. Thanks to Tracey andMr Wiegerink.

Unortunately our Mountain Biking Reward day was notable to go ahead as Parks Victoria closed the mountainbiking tracks due to the excessive rain. Students whowere due to go mountain biking will complete analternate activity in Term 3.

We now look orward to our next rewards day inDecember. Students are welcome to suggest activityideas to the Year 9 Team.

We would like to welcome "Chompa"to our science department.Chompa is now a permanentresident o WRC.

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ACTING PRINCIPALS REPORT ASSISTANT PRINCIPALSREPORTAttendance

Regular school attendance

is a prerequisite or improved

participation and educational

outcomes and is the responsibility

o everyone in the school and wider

community. We know that students

with irregular and poor attendance

oten struggle at school and the value

they receive rom their education is greatly diminished as

a result. When kids miss school, not only is their academic

progress impeded, orcing them to catch up on missed

work (which some never do), they oten miss important

interactions with their peers which can compound issues

o social isolation and low sel-esteem. One o the most

important things you can do to ensure your child has a

bright uture is to make sure he or she goes to school every

dayand gets there on time. It sounds simple, but its true.

The correlation between school attendance and childrens

achievement levels is well-established. The more time kids

spend at school, the more likely they are to experience

school success.

As a parent:

Commit to sending kids to school every day.

Make sure kids arrive at school and class on time.

Inorm the school when they are away, sending medical

certicates and other evidence o genuine absence.

Utilise the online attendance system (COMPASS) Consider catching-up on missed work.

Silver GPA All Stars

The students who have reached the Silver GPA Award Level

will be invited to a luncheon on Wednesday 26th June to

reward them or their eorts and academic perormance over

the rst semester. Invitations will be mailed out this week.

ExamsCongratulations to all Year 10-12 students on their

eorts during the exam period. Teachers and examiners

commented positively on student behaviour and eort inthese exams. To our senior students well done rom all

members o the college community.

Reports

A reminder that Semester 1 Reports will be available online

through COMPASS on Friday 28th June and hard copies will be

distributed to students during the rst week o Term 3. Please

eel ree to contact teachers to discuss any issues in Term 3.

Holidays

I would like to wish all sta and students a restul mid-year

break. I look orward to seeing you red up or a wonderul

second hal o 2013

Les Ponton

Acting Principal

AusVels and Reports

Just another reminder that

parents will notice a signicantchange in the end o semester

reports. Schools are now required

to report against the Australian

Victorian Essential Learnings

(AusVels).

As the scales o measurement rom

VELS to AusVELS are dierent, this means that reports in

English, Mathematics, History and Science will not show

where the students were at previously.

As subjects are added and once students have been

assessed against the AusVels or longer than six months,the semester reports will show a students progress

against the new scale.

First impressions are important

This week at assembly, I spoke with students about

making the best rst impression. People can be quick

to judge and slow to orget. The R in our CARE values

stands or respect. It is important when we meet

someone or the rst time that we put our best oot

orward and positively show them the sort o person we

are. Creating a negative memory in someones mind can

come back to haunt us later, or example, when seekingwork experience, or when we need a avour.

The same applies to our digital ootprint. The things

we post today have the potential to become our worst

nightmare tomorrow. When posting things about

other people, question your own motives: Am I doing

this because I am angry, hurt, or am I eeling mean?

I the answer is yes to any o these, then you probably

shouldnt post your comment. I you do post something

that hurts someones eelingsapologise! We all make

mistakes. Occasionally, we say and do the wrong things.

It is equally important that we learn to orgive ourselves

and others.

End of term

Thank you to all our students, parents and sta or

making this term so productive. I am proud to say that

I work at Warragul Regional College. I believe we are

an outstanding school. Each day I am privileged to

watch students improve and grow in their learning, both

academically and socially.

Have a wonderul, restul break and may the weather be

kind to us!

Vaya Cross

Assistant Principal

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What bullying isnt, and what to do when it happensBullying should not be confused with teasing, rejection, random acts of violence or physicality and conflict.While children will often tease or fight, this bickering should not be confused with bullying.

Bullying is a word thats wrapped in emotion. For many peoplebullying is associated with bad childhood memories. Its beenestimated that around 40% of people have experienced sometype of bullying in the past.

Bullying is an insidious behaviour that transgresses childrensnatural right to feel safe and secure. It can adversely affect theirlearning, emotional well-being, further peer relations and theirsense of self.

Bullying takes many forms and guises including, physical andemotional abuse, intimidation, harassment and exclusion.

It now has a well-publicised cyber-dimension which has movedthe goalposts for many kids. In the past children could escapebullying behaviours they may have experienced by being at home.Cyberbullying now means that kids cant escape the bully likethey once could.

Bullying is not the domain of one gender. Girls bully just asmuch as boys but they do it in less physical ways. While boysuse physical intimidation or verbal abuse to wield power,girls are more likely to use exclusion or verbal sarcasm to

assert themselves.

Bullying should not be confused with teasing, rejection,random acts of violence or physicality and conflict. Whilechildren will often tease or fight, this bickering should not beconfused with bullying.

Bullying is about lack of power as one person is powerless tostop the teasing or physical abuse. Bullying is the selective,uninvited, repetitive oppression of one person by another personor group.

If you think your child is being bullied then handle with care aschildren often dont want to admit that they are on the receivingend of bullying.

Some kids keep it close to their chests so it helps to be on thelookout for warning signs such as: items being stolen, changingthe route to school and withdrawal from usual activities.

If your child is being bullied:

1. Listen to their story: Children who are bullied need someone

to believe their story. Take them seriously and avoid dismissingcomplaints as tell-tale. Use common sense to differentiatebetween bullying and more random, non-selective antisocialacts. Kids can be nasty to each other, yet this doesntconstitute bullying.

2. Deal with their feelings: A child who is bullied probably feelsscared, angry and sad. Boys are more likely to display anger andgirls claim they feel sad. The degree of emotional intensity is anindicator of the amount of bullying. Recognise and validate theiremotions. Let them talk about how they think (remember boysrespond better to think language) and feel. Its normal to feelsad, scared or just plain confused.

3. Get the facts: Get a clear picture of what happens, includingwho is involved, the frequency and what happens prior to anybullying. Get your child to be as specific as possible by askinggood questions. An accurate picture will help you determineyour next course of action.

4. Give them coping skills: With a clear picture you can startgiving your child some help about how he or she may deal withbullying including using avoidance strategies, being moreassertive and changing poor body language.

5. Get the school involved: Bullying is best handled whenparents and teachers are involved. Approach your school throughthe appropriate channels, make yourself aware of your schools

anti-bullying procedures and programs, and be willing to workwithin these guidelines.

6. Help build your childs support networks: Kids need a groupof friends to support them when they experience bullying so lookfor practical ways to broaden friendship groups.

7. Build their self-confidence: Provide children with systematicencouragement. Let them know through your words andtreatment of them that they will get through this period.

Its worth remembering that children who experience someform of bullying often come out stronger and more resourcefulbecause they have experienced difficulties and they know theycan defeat them.

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AG ROUNDUPAnother ull and active Semester in the vital,

lie-sustaining eld o Agriculture & Horticulture is

all but over or the 1st hal o the year.

YR 9 AG STUDENTS LOSE35 CLASSMATESThe Mon/Thurs Ag class initiated the idea o ring up the incubator

and with a mix o ertile hens eggs supplied by Carol & Jim Lewis

(ormer WRC Drama guru) successully hatched 35 hearty and

healthy chickens.

There was a wonderul mix o breeds including Plymouth Rock,Hamburg, New Hampshire, Isa Browns and White Leghorns and a

Peking Bantam.

The students were privileged to witness some o the eggs hatching

and were amazed at the innate ability o the chicks to peck or ood

and later to scratch at the litter and take dust bathsall without

ever having seen an adult chook!!

There was sti competition amongst the students as to who was

taking which o their new classmates home.

WRC STEERS ENTER 2013

LARDNER PARK STEERTRIALFridays Yr 9 Ag class has regularly yarded, weighed, calculated

growth rates o the 2012-born calves and then selected the two

steers to enter this years steer trial.

The steers were delivered to Lardner Park on Monday 17th June

by Mr Smith and Tony Prictor with the kind loan o the Marist Sion

tandem trailer. The pair o pure-bred Murray Grey steers will now

join the other steer entrants in the trial rom across the Bee Cattle

Industry and be grown on until November. This is under the same

natural pasture conditions, treatments(drenching, trace elementsupplements etc), hormone-ree with the only variable being the

Breed and the years o breeding rom the property o origin- a

true Scientic Method approach: limiting the number o variables,

under the same test conditions.

The aims o the Trial are to demonstrate the carcass requirements

o the domestic and heavy domestic trade markets or cattle and to

provide inormation on growth and carcass quality o steers.

We are the ONLY SCHOOL to enter this competition and were

extremely proud o our success in last years Trial where we had

the carcass that graded with the highest number o points in our

Class ( Domestic Trade: 210-270 kg carcass weight).As such we

received the highest price paid or all the carcasses in this Class.

The carcasses are MSA graded at Radords Abattoirs who are

strong supporters o the Steer Trial and the College. Unortunately

we did not win any actual Awards as the Trial is also based on

overall Growth Rate o the pair o steers.

We are justiably proud as we have only a very small group o

breeders (12 head) rom which to select our steers. We benet

rom the decades o breeding and support that has gone into the

WRC Murray Grey herd. We wish to thank in particular Mr Barry

Tainton, Tynong North, Lietime Member o the Murray Grey

Society or his committed and generous long-term support o

the College or many decades through the donation o cattle and

bulls. We also have been privileged to benet rom the expertise,

knowledge and generosity o Mr Trevor Hatch, Athlone or his

gracious donation over a couple o dierent seasons o his big

black Limousin Bull, Tandarra Crackerjack. Crackerjack was the

sire o our winning steer in 2012.

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HAY DONATION SAVESWRC HERDIt is not over-estimating things to say that the extremely generous

and timely donation o 5 round bales o quality hay will greatlybenet the WRC Murray Grey herd and get us through to Spring.

With the very dry summer, late Autumn break and minimal unds

available or ertilizer etc we, like a great many armers this season,

were struggling to manage our pasture and odder resources.

A serendipitous encounter by Mr Smith with Ben Cumming at a

two-day Livestock Handling course lead to this act o altruism on

Bens behal.

Day 2 o the course was at the property managed by Ben where

Course participants were able to put into practice skills learnt using

their cattle and the excellent yards developed by Ben over the past

two years.Warragul Regional College is greatly appreciative o this very

generous donation by Mr John Bergamin and Sta o Bergamin

Pastoral Company, Willow Grove, together with cartage provided

by Mr Graham Young (Grandather o Damien Young, Yr 9).

HORT STUDENTS GETWORMSTuesday 11th June was the day, it is said, that Yr 9 Horticulture

students got worms.

Guest Presenter, Mr Peter Norton o Buln Buln- worm grower and

commercial certied organic vegetable armer very generously

shared his time and lie-long learning o an interest begun as a

young lad on his amilys dairy arm that today is his occupation.

Peter spoke o the vital role worms play in the recycling o nutrients

in our environment or the long term benet o our planet. We

need to change our thinking to protect this planet..avoiding

chemicals.doing things naturallyor the generations to come

Peter is sel-taught and very well-read quoting Charles Darwin who

said Earthworms are the lungs o the earth

Peter showed us Tiger worms which are one o the maincomposting worms along with Red worms and Blue worms. We

learned how worms breed and how to construct and manage your

own worm arm.

Peter shared how Flat Tail worms are the best bait or shing and

how, as a lad, he sold bait worms to anglers.

Ben Tyrrell did great video camera work and oered the vote o

thanks on behal o the class.

We were all much more knowledgeable on not only worm arming

but also the need or protection o our environment.

Three members o the eTeam will represent not only Warragul

Regional College, but Victorian State Schools at the Global Digital

Citizenship Forum on Monday June 24th. This event will be held in

Melbourne, and Casey Harvey (Year 8), Meg House (Year 9) and

Eddie Grant (Year 10) will attend with Mrs Coleman (eLearning Co-

ordinator). Casey and Eddie will be panel members discussing their

experiences as members o the Cybersaety Youth Advisory Group,

and their views on Encouraging Sae and Responsible Online Use.

All parents and students are encouraged to look at the Federal

Government website on Cybersaety advice. This site has a

button you can download to your own computers and supports

students and amilies to be saer online. Later this year we hope to

host a Cybersaety Forum or parents and amilies, to support our

community to be proactive in helping our kids to be sae online.

The recent case in Leongatha o a 20 year old man posing as 3

dierent girls on Facebook to get inappropriate photos o boys has

shocked that community, but highlights the real dangers online to

our students, and the need to help them protect themselves.

All students in Year 7-10 will be supported to download this button

in Term 3 by eTeam members, but

please have a look at it yourselves.

http://www.dbcde.gov.au/online_safety_

and_security/cybersafetyhelpbutton_

download

eTeam news

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CAREER NEWSReminders

Melbourne University Focus sessions

Arts : 25 June; The VCA: 26 June. See: www.

futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/focus-melb

Art/design/architecture - Monash workshops;

2-4 July; www.monash.edu/mada/workshops

Law at University of Melbourne - one-day JDshowcase; Wed 3 July; Cost: $66 (incl lunch);

Register: www.law.unimelb.edu.au/jd/future-

students/information-for-school-students

RMIT Experience Days; register at www.rmit.

edu.au/experiencedays

RMIT Science Tours: Tues 2 July; Register:

www.rmit.edu.au/appliedsciences/discover

RMIT Medical Laboratory Visits: 8 12 July;

regn: www.rmit.edu.au/medicalsciences

Experience La Trobe - Year 10-12s; 10 July;

Register: www.latrobe.edu.au/experience

Monash Uni Computer Games Boot Camp; 6-12

July; http://cgbc.infotech.monash.edu/

REMINDER - OPEN DAYS ARE COMING!

Open Days at university and TAFE are comingup in August (only two months o), usuallyon Sundays. Dont orget to keep Sundays inAugust ree or YOUR visits. Open Days are agreat way to check out courses and acilities,talk to sta and students, collect inormation,and to attend relevant inormation sessions.Reminders o actual dates will be provided soon.

MORE VET AND KEEPER FOR A DAYPROGRAMS

Along with Healesville Sanctuary and WerribeeZoo, the RSPCA is holding a Vet Day and Animal

Attendant Days, and a First Aid or AnimalsDay in the holidays. Regn: www.rspcavic.org/services/education/; Cost: $100.00 or newmembers.

CHECK OUT AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC

UNIVERSITY (ACU) ACU is a public university, unded by thegovernment, and open to all (o any or noreligion). It is a ast-growing national universitywith 25,000 students, 8,000 o whom study atthe Melbourne campus in Fitzroy. It has beenexperiencing growth in excellent acilities andbuildings, acing on to Brunswick St.

Be a University Student or a Day is a programwhere you can check out arts, business,education, exercise science, law, psychology,visual arts & design, speech pathology,occupational therapy, nursing, midwieryand paramedicine degrees on oer at ACU.University Experience is a ree program, givingyou the chance to sample the degree o yourchoice, and to meet sta and students, and tryout the course you are interested in studying.When: Tues 9 July; Where: Daniel MannixBuilding, 8-18 Brunswick St, Fitzroy; Register:www.acu.edu.au/universityexperience.

New ACU courses for 2014

Bachelor o Accounting and Finance learn about nancial instruments,institutions, markets and systems; thisdegree can lead to a career in banking,nancial consulting and planning,unds management, merchant banking,

stockbroking and treasury. It meets therequirements o the CPA Australia, ICAA,and the IPA.

Bachelor o Inormation Technology provides a solid grounding in all aspectso IT ollowed by proessional pathways in

business analysis, database administrationand applications development. It will berecognised by the Australian ComputerSociety.

INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF HOTELMANAGEMENT

ICHM prepares students or careers in theinternational hotel business, a member o theSwiss Hotel Association. ICHM has CareerWeeks or Yr 11/12 students, where you live inand learn more about the industry, and explorecourses. When: 8 12 July OR 30 Sept 4 Oct;Where: ICHM, Days Rd, Regency Park, SouthAustralia; Ino: admissions@ichm.edu.au, www.

ichm.edu.au.DO YOU WANT TO TRAVEL AND STUDY?

Universities have links with universitiesoverseas and it is oten possible to completepart o your degree at one o these universities.For example, La Trobe University has over 100partner institutions in more than 30 countries.You can do a semester or one year exchange,short term program, or internship. Theseprograms should not add to the duration oyour degree. Students pay normal ees (HECSHELP, FEE HELP or ull ees) to La Trobe or theduration o the degree but do not pay tuitionees to the host institution. Students pay thecost o fights, accommodation, meals andincidentals, but La Trobe gives Mobility Grants.Partners: www.latrobe.edu.au/international/edabroad/exchange/partners. Other universitiesoer similar programs check their websites

WHAT IS THE BACHELOR OF ORAL HEALTH?

The University o Melbournes B. Oral Healthtrains students to work within a dental team, andqualies you or proessional registration withthe Dental Board o Australia as an oral healththerapist (hygienist and therapist). The universityhas state-o-the-art acilities, a dental simulationlab and top academics. The degree takes 3years including clinical placements. Last yearsATAR was 86.15. A similar degree (Bacheloro Oral Health Science) is oered at La Trobe(Bendigo). It takes 2.5 years to complete.

YOU WANT TO STUDY LAW?

Law is seen to be a good all round discipline,and many universities oer law degrees: ACU,Deakin, La Trobe, Melbourne, Monash, RMITand Victoria (RMIT and Melbourne only oerpost-graduate degrees the Juris Doctor;Monash also oers the Juris Doctor). Lawdegrees generally take our years to complete,and need to be ollowed either by a year oarticles with a law rm or a course at the LeoCussen Centre or Law or the College o Law,or graduates to be able to practice law. Someuniversities oer double degrees with law (egwith arts, commerce, engineering and so on).

It is important to understand that a largenumber o law graduates do not practicelaw as solicitors or barristers. Graduates are

increasingly shunning the partnership trackoered by law rms and opting or work in thecorporate sector. The number o law graduatesstarting work in law rms dropped rom 49.1%in 2005 to 43.7% in 2010 (Graduate CareersAustralia). There are too many graduatesor all to work in law rms. In act, many law

graduates never intended to practice law. Theywork in other areas such as the Departmento Foreign Aairs and Trade (DFAT) and othergovernment departments, in business, banking,management, crime, as law court ocials (egJudges Associate), ministerial advisers, inpolitics, law reorm, journalism, in-house legalconsulting, legal publishing and education.

SCHOLARSHIPS AT VICTORIA UNIVERSITY

(VU)

VU is oering new scholarships in 2014. TheseChancellors Scholarships or Excellence willprovide $5,000 pa or up to 4 years (max$20,000), plus oer additional benets. To

be considered you must achieve an ATAR(Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank) o at least90.00. There will be 100 scholarships available.To be eligible you will need to be currentlyenrolled in Year 12, meet prerequisites or thecourse, apply or and be oered a place at VUand enrol ull-time. Applications will be throughVTAC, 7 August to 27 September.

YEAR 10 INDEPENDENCE DAY

Monash University is once again running atailored program or Year 10 students calledYear 10 Independence Day. It is a chance orstudents to explore Monash prerequisites withthe launch o the Year 10 Guide to University

Entry 2016. There will also be the chanceto learn about the dierent ways to choosea university course and pathways, talk torepresentatives rom aculties and take part in awide range o workshops. You are encouragedto register early. When: 11am-3pm, Thurs 4July; Where: Clayton campus; Register: www.monash.edu/year10-day.

WHAT IS MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OFBUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY (MIBT)?

MIBT Diploma courses are oered in associationwith Deakin Universitys Melbourne campusand the Geelong campuses. The associationbetween the two institutions is designed to oer

both Australian and International students analternative entry to university studies. It oerscourses in commerce, computing, engineering,health sciences, management, media andcommunication and science. MIBT oers arange o support services and programs toensure that students achieve their potential.Successul completion o an MIBT Diplomacan lead on to second year in a related degreeat Deakin University. See: www.mibt.vic.edu.au; NOTE: Monash College has a similararrangement with Monash University (www.monash.edu/monashcollege).

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Warragul Regional College and Judes Driving School haverecently joined orces to provide pre- driver education toVCAL students, as part the colleges ongoing commitmentwith the Beacon program to provide practical and in-classurther education or students. The program has allowedstudents to gain some practical basic manual driving skillsthrough in-class quizzes and work books, the students havecovered basic road law and its importance to everyone,

nding their rst car, nancing it, insurance and the ongoingcost o owning their dream car.

Dave has been involved in driver education as part o theJudes team or 16 years and believes education o youngdrivers as early as possible is not only a vital part o astudents learning, it is also an ongoing lie skill thats vital orthe saety o all road uses

PRE-DRIVER EDUCATION

James Elders,

Travis Clarke &

Dave Patterson

(Judes Driving

School)

SchoolkidsBonusHelping families withthe costs of education

The second instalment o the Schoolkids Bonus

or 2013 will be paid by Centrelink rom 4 to 17July. I you haven't received your payment by18 July, but think you're eligible, please contactCentrelink to discuss your personal circumstances.

I you receive Family Tax Beneft as a lump sumthe Schoolkids Bonus will be paid ater your FamilyTax Beneft claim is assessed.

Am I eligible?You will recieve the Schoolkids Bonus i you havea child in primary ($410 paid in two instalments) orsecondary ($820 paid in two instalments) school,or you are a student in primary or secondaryschool, and you receive one o the ollowing

payments:

Family Tax Beneft A

Youth Allowance (student)

Disability Support Pension

ABSTUDY Living Allowance

Carer Payment*

Parenting Payment*

Special Beneft*

Education allowances under the Veterans'Children Education Scheme and Military Re-habilitation and Compensation Act Educationand Training Scheme.

Children in preschool are not eligible or theSchoolkids Bonus

* Pending the passing o legislation through Parliament

Eligible families who have not updated their childs education details with Centrelink have until 29June to do so to ensure they receive the correct payment in July. Eligible families who have updatedtheir childs education details with Centrelink do not have to do anything.

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and courageously. This is how character is built.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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DIARY DATESThur 27 June Yr 7 & Yr 8 Boys AFL

Fri 28 June

Semester Reports available online

Last Day Term 2

School Finishes 2.15pm

Mon 15 JulyTerm 3 Commences

Year 12 English Test (Period 1)

Wed 17 JulyWWW Week 8 Group B8

Gippsland Yr7 & Yr 8 Boys AFL

Thu 18 JulySnr Hockey/basketball/table tennis

State X-Country

Tues 23 July Gippsland Snr AFL

Wed 24 JulyWWW Week 1 Group C2

Well being meeting 5;15pm

For further dates please refer to the college website

Careers and pathways were the ocus or 32 Year 8 students

attending a Straightalk event at the Drouin Gol Club, hosted by BawBaw Latrobe Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN).

Straightalk, supported and unded by equipsuper, is part o the

Inspiring Young People initiative where experienced gentlemanrom the local area come to share inormation and knowledge abouttheir careers and pathways with Year 8 boys. Experienced guests

changed places throughout the lunch to maximise interaction withthe students in attendance.

Jordan Smith from 8_1 retold of his experience.

Well, where to begin, the Straightalk was awesome! When we gotthere I thought it might have been boring, but it turned out to beamazing. The ood was awesome and the people who we talked

to were really, really interesting. It was great to meet Russell the

Proessional Basketballer and see Mr Walsh again, but everyone

else there was great too. I learnt about a whole range o jobs andMr Walsh, who hosted the event, made me laugh a ew times withhis bad jokes. All in all it was great, I would denitely recommend

it to anyone who wants to go in the uture, it can really help with theuture and job choices.

Other Year 8 students commented:

I really enjoyed Straightalk it s changed my opinion about school,

staying at school and working harder will really help me achieve!.

It was great to hear how some people have got to where they are

now and the troubles theyve overcome along the way.

It was fun to meet new people and get advice for the future, oh and

we got free food.

POSTCARDSCONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIRSTPOSTCARD PRIZE WINNER!

Grace and her amily were the rst ones to be drawn in our Year 8 Postcard

Program. Graces mother contacted the school to acknowledge Graces

Postcard, the amily were entered into the draw and are now planning or a

night o un at Warragul Ten Pin Bowling.

Our next draw will take place during Term 3, if your student has been

sent a Postcard recognising posive behaviour or values, dont

forget to ring Tracey in the Year 8 oce to go into the draw!

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STRAIGHTALK LUNCH EVENT FOR BOYS

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