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ISSUE 18 2 9 T H N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 3

VCE HeadstartThursday 28th November -Friday 6th December

WORTH READINGYEAR 10 FORMAL

End of Year ProgramYear 7-9Monday 2nd December -Thursday 12th December

A Proud History, a Bright Future

Final Day forYear 10 & 11Friday 6th December

Formal ClassesFinish for Year 7-9Thursday 12th December

On Thursday 14th November, 73 year 10 students celebrated

completing their classes by dressing up and dancing away the

night at The Black Tie. Students went to a lot of trouble to get

themselves ready for the night and they all looked fantastic. The

venue was great. Thanks to the staff for making us feel

so comfortable.

There was nice food, some quick speeches, awards and prizes to

get things rolling. Then time to start the music. Some students

were up on the dance floor nonstop for the whole night and there

were lots of people up dancing at all times.

All too early it was time for students to be picked up and headhome to prepare for the next day at school!

Thanks to our Formal Committee and Pat and Jai who did

photography and music. Also a big thank you to our Year 10

teachers who all attended, even though the music may not have

been what they would have picked!


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Valedictory Dinner

Last Friday we farewelled theGraduating Class of 2013 at theValedictory Dinner at Lardner Park.The night was a great success

with a huge audience of students,parents, staff, friends, and relativesin attendance to congratulate ourstudents on 13 years of hard workculminating in VCE or VCAL graduation.

A big thank you to Graeme Miller, Anne Eacott, Jan Parkand our student leaders for their efforts in organising sucha successful evening.

Exams Year 10-11

The exam period for Year 10 and 11 students hasconcluded after a very smoothly run series of exams over

the past 10 days. Thank you to all students for takingyour exams seriously, feedback from staff has been verypositive about the endeavour shown by students duringtheir exams. Today the Headstart program begins for Year10 and 11 students as they commence their studies forYear 11 and 12. Headstart continues all of next week withYear 10 and 11 students completing classes for the yearon December 6th.

Exams Year 7-9

Exams for Year 7-9 begin next week with students havingformal exams in English, Humanities, Maths and Science.

Results from these exams are not used for reporting

purposes, rather teachers use this information whenplanning for next year using the information to moreaccurately target the appropriate level of instruction foreach student. The exam period runs from Monday 2ndNovember until Monday 9thNovember. When students do

not have exams they will be involved in normal classes.

End of Year Program

The end of year program begins on Tuesday 10thDecember for students in Years 7-9 with a range oftransition activities and celebrations. It is vitally importantthat students are at school through to Thursday 12thDecember as important preparations for the following yearwill be occurring. From Friday 13thDecember studentswill be involved in a range of activities run by each of thedomains at the school.

Reports

All staff are required to have Semester 2 Reports writtenby Monday 9thDecember. The administrative processesof printing, collating, proof reading and enveloping takesone week and then Reports will be mailed to parents onMonday 16thDecember.

End of Year Awards

The end of year Awards Night is on Wednesday 18 thDecember in the WRC Hall beginning at 7pm. Pleasekeep the date free in your diary.

Rob Juratowitch

Principal

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

Term 4, no doubt the busiest termof the year!

We are having an extremely eventfulterm this year. The Year 8s areon camp at the Prom, Year 10, 11and 12 students have completed

their exams, Headstart has begun,and Years 7-9 begin their exams onMonday 2 December and concludethem on Monday 9 December.Afterwards they complete a number of

transition type activities/celebrations and the school termfinishes with Activity Days.

Meanwhile, teachers are frantically assessing studentwork, writing reports and running Headstart Activities.Students are tirelessly finishing work, submitting it andthinking about their holidays!

I would like to take this opportunity to remind students

to commit all their energy towards completing theirexams. The information we collate on student learningis used to measure how much individuals have grown intheir learning. We also use this information to inform our

teaching programs. A good example of this is if the datatells us that the majority of students already know how todo something, then we only focus on teaching that skill tothose who dont know. For this reason, it is vitally importantthat all students sit their exams and do their best.

On a personal note, I will be taking a years leave in 2014.

Some students, staff and parents may be aware that Ihave published a number of young adult novels. Theopportunity has arisen for me to focus on my writing bothas a writer and as a freelance editor. I am also excitedabout spending more time with my family. My work can beviewed at www.vayadauphin.com

Although I will miss the staff and students at WarragulRegional College, this is an exciting venture and one toogood to pass up, as well as a great chance to build myskills as a writer. I often tell the students, good writing onlyimproves with practise!

Have a wonderful Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.

Vaya CrossAssistant Principal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
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YEAR 7 TO YEAR 9 END OF YEAR PROGRAMDear Parents/Guardians

Below is the Year 7 to Year 9 End of Year Program:

Please note that when Years 7- Year 9 do not have exams they will be in their regular timetabled classes,

except on Friday 6thDecember when all Year 7 and 8 students will be involved in a Science Day.

The final week of schools program is as follows:

Permission notices for the Whole School Activity (Ice Skating or the Fun House in Morwell) and the Year LevelTeam Day will be sent out shortly.

Yours sincerely

Vaya CrossAssistant Principal

PERIOD 1 PERIOD 2 PERIOD 3 PERIOD 4 PERIOD 5

Monday2 December

Year 7English Exam

Year 7English Exam

Year 9Science

Exam

Tuesday3 December

Year 8

English Exam

Year 8

English Exam

Year 9

Humanities

Exam

Wednesday4 December

Year 8

Humanities

Exam

Year 7 Maths

Exam

Year 7

Maths Exam

Thursday5 December

Year 8

Maths Exam

Year 8

Maths Exam

Year 7

Science Exam

Year 8

Health Survey

Friday6 December

Year 9English Exam

Year 9English Exam

Monday9 December

Year 9

Maths Exam

Year 9

Maths Exam

Year 8

Science

Exam

Year 7

Humanities

Exam

Tuesday

10 December

Orientation Day

Whole School Activity

Year 6 into Year 7

Years 7 to Year 9

Wednesday11 December

Transition Day Year 7 into Year 8

Year 8 into Year 9

Year 9 into Year 10

Thursday12 December

Year Level Team Day Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Friday13 December

Student ActivitiesTechnology Arts

Monday16 December

Student Activities LOTE and HPE

Tuesday17 December

Student ActivitiesMaths and Science

Wednesday18 December

Student ActivitiesEnglish and Humanities

Thursday19 December

Student ActivitiesEnvironmental Day


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Language Perfect onbooklist for Japaneseand Indonesian

This is a new item on the

booklist in 2014. Havingaccess to Language Perfect

will allow students to remember vocabulary morequickly and as a result improve their writing, reading,speaking and listening skills. We will be using LP inclass and setting it as homework, but students canwork on it whenever they get the chance.

Please make sure you tick the Language Perfect boxunder Indonesian or Japanese on the booklist. Thiswill mean that your student will be ready to learnat the beginning of the year. If you dont pay for LP

with the booklist, you will need to organise onlinepayment with Landmark next year.

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On Thursday 14th of NovemberNicholas Clark was given theopportunity to perform at FederationSquare with Mr Birchall. The gig wasfor a CD launch of a local Melbourne

song writer named Taso and thesupport band was highly praised bythe companies producer. Nick washighly enthusiastic and professional,learning 5 songs in 2 nights,performing admirably to the masses(they even called out his name).

In other music news: On Monday the9th of December selected studentswill perform to local primary schools.Then on Thursday 12th Decemberstudents will have the opportunityto attend a recording day at school.Our annual music concert will followthat evening and a busking day tripto Melbourne the following Friday.The weekend of the 14th and 15th ofDecember will be a recording weekendfor years 10-12 with a possiblesleepover in the music room. Excitingtimes ahead and we look forward tocelebrating with the community on the12th of December for concert night.

MUSIC NEWS

JAPANESE & INDONESIANBOOKLIST UPDATE

"Brooklyn" insight Text guide

SHOULD READ "Brooklyn" novel

(code P04129 and price is $22.95)

Landmark has passed on :

"If any students have already ordered the

incorrect book, we will contact them to

arrange the change over."

BOOKLIST ERRORVCE UNIT 3&4 ENGLISH


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9P.O. Box 213 | 55 Burke Street Warragul 3820 | Ph: (03) 5623 9900 | Fax: (03) 5623 4473

| Web: www.wrc.vic.edu.au E-mail: [email protected]

DIARY DATESMon - Fri

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Yr 8-10 Headstart

Wed 4 Dec Chaplaincy Meeting 5:30pm

Fri 6 Dec Final Day for Year 10 & 11

Wed 11 DecCurriculum Meeting 5:15 pm

Last Day for Year 7 - 9 Classes

Thurs 12 Dec Teams Activity Day

Fri 13 DecWhole School Activity

Reports Mailed Out

Quote of the weekGo confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.

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CommunityAchievementRespectEffort

ChristmasTrees!Direct from the Tree Plantation, Burke

St near Gullwarra Cemetery.

10am - 4pm Saturdays and

Sundays from 7th December.

Bring the kids, select your treeand a Rotary member will cut it

for you!

Pre-cut trees can also be purchased

from:

Freedom Fuels, Brandy

Creek Road Warragul

North.

Rowes Nursery,

Landsborough Road,

Warragul

Christmas tree sales are amajor fund raising projectfor the Rotary Club ofWarragul. Since theproject started morethan $230,000 inprofits have goneback into ourcommunity!

The Youth Action

Committeewas formed toempower youngpeople betweenthe ages of 12- 25 years tobe proactive,valued membersof the BawBaw Shirecommunity.

Baw Baw Shires Youth Action Council is an

initiative that provides an opportunity for localyoung people to meet regularly and express theirviews on issues that affect them and their peers.

The Youth Action Committee is always keento hear from those in the Baw Baw Shirecommunity about youth-related issues,particularly young people aged 12-25.

If you would like to contact the Baw Baw YouthAction Council about any issue or become partof the youth committee, please email [email protected] contact Cameron Grayon 5624 2553
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