25th July 2019 11: 19

Year 3 and 4 Camp

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome back to Term 3. This is the term with a significant focus on careers planning and pathways. This week we held our Course Information Evening for students in Years 9-11, followed by individual course counselling for students in Year 9-11. Year 12 students will meet with Careers teacher Mr Drew Deppeler to discuss their specific post-school pathway. Over the holidays there was a considerable amount of work done around the school. Thank you to TSPA for the all the funds that they have raised which have contributed to much of the work around the school. In JV 2 the toilets have been upgraded, the hall in the gym has been resurfaced and it looks amazing. We had a number of trees cut down to ensure there are safe play areas for students. There has also been other maintenance work around the school. I am in the process of working with students and staff on improving the playground areas for students. We have been successful in obtaining $100,000 to spend on new playground equipment. This will be in place for the start of the 2020 school year. A special mention to the Primary School Arts showcase. This was a great way to end the term to see all the work the primary students have done in Art, Music and Japanese. Well done to all the students and the teachers involved it was a real highlight. This week we have had the Year 3 and 4 students head off on Camp to Kangaroobie and the Year 10 students to Melbourne for their “Melbourne Experience”. Thanks to all the teachers involved and I hope the students have a great time. The Year 5 /6 and Year 11/12 students had a presentation on Monday regarding cyber safety and safe partying. These are two important issues that our young people face today and thanks to Ms Neal for organising this. The Year 9 students also had an opportunity to experience the Corangamite Trade Training Cluster (CTTC). The CTTC is the schools in the region offering VET courses for our students in courses such as hospitality, music and engineering. Term 3 is a very busy term with students involved in many activities and it is great to see them enjoying all the different experiences and taking the opportunities available to them. STORY TIME IS BACK. Each Wednesday at 11.00 the school is holding story time in the Library. This is open to all families and children from the day care/ kinder will be in attendance. DAVIN REID PRINCIPAL

UPDATE TO TERM 3 CALENDAR 19TH AUGUST: PD DAY – NO STUDENTS 11TH SEPTEMEBER: P-12 PARENT INTERVIEW DAY 4PM – 7PM PLEASE REMEMBER TO REFER TO COMPASS FOR EVENT UPDATES

SSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome back everyone to a busy Term 3. A special welcome to a new families to the school, Olivia and Declan Brumby, along with their parents John and Alisha, and Saxon and Gage Rogers, with their parents Stewart and Desirae.

Reports Semester 1 reports are available on Compass, if you haven’t already looked. If you wish to request a follow up with your child’s classroom teacher, please feel welcome to make an appointment. The next Parent-Teacher Interviews are on Wednesday 11th September, from 4pm till 7pm. Again, bookings can be made via Compass, closer to the date.

Arts Showcase Thank you to the many parents and grandparents who attended our Arts Showcase event at the end of last term. The students did a wonderful job in overcoming their nerves to present to the audience and the Art work on display was magnificent. Our plans are to have this event at the end of Semester 1 each year – I would love to hear your feedback.

Kangaroobie Camp Year 3-4s looked a little nervous, yet excited to be heading off on their three day camp this morning. I expect there will be some very tired little people when they return on Friday (and adults) as their days are packed full of activities and adventures. Thank you to Justin Roberts for supporting the staff on Camp.

P-6 Assembly Due to the camp, our P-6 Assembly will be on Wednesday 31st August, from 9:10am in the Hall. Mrs McMeel’s class will be comparing. Please come along to hear the students share their wonderful camp experience and report on what’s been happening in the P-6 classrooms.

Transition from Kinder to School Mrs Krueger and Mrs Coates will be running an information session on Monday for Kinder parents. The focus is on preparing children for school. Enrolment forms are now available from the office for all new families wishing to start in 2020, and are due back by Friday 16th August.

Teacher Professional Development Our Year 1-2 team of teachers, plus Mrs Coates, Mr Reid and myself, began our Sounds Write training this week. Sounds Write is a program that builds knowledge and skills in the explicit and systematic teaching of reading and writing, focusing on spelling. I will share more with parents as I learn more and we are looking into having a parent information session (especially for our P-2 parents) in the coming months. Stay tuned.

Busy calendar Reminder that you can access the most up-to-date calendar of events via Compass. If you are unable to login, or want further information on how to access this, please contact the office.

Uniform and Clothing There is a growing number of unclaimed/lost jumpers. Please ensure your child’s clothing is named so we can return it if needed. We are running short on spare clothing for students to change into if they have an accident in the yard. Can I ask that if you have any spare, old uniform items, such as grey pants or jumpers with the zip broken, that you no longer need, please consider donating them to the school. We need clothes of all sizes. You can leave them at the front office or deliver them to my office. It would be greatly appreciated. GILL HAMPTON P-6 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Student I.D. cards for Year 7 – 12 are available at

the office, $5 each.

Real Chemistry in action

Recently Beach Energy once again hosted our Year 11 Chemistry

students as they undertook a site tour of the Otway Gas Plant.

Community Relations Manager, Linda French, conducted the site

safety induction exercise and students were made aware of the

strict protocols in place to ensure that all staff and visitors remain

safe on site. Linda described how hydrocarbons are formed, the

location of Australia’s gas basins, and how gas and oil is found on

land and off shore. Michael Binstead detailed how gas is produced

at the Otway Gas Plant when hydrocarbons, or raw gas containing

water; petroleum products; gasses; and unwanted inert gasses

including nitrogen and carbon dioxide flow from production wells

through buried pipelines to the gas plant. The carbon dioxide is

detached and the gas is dehydrated to remove water and

mercury. Natural gas is then removed and undergoes

fractionation to produce ethane, propane and butane. Students

learnt from the Production Site Manager about the range of

careers at the site including engineers, technicians, chemists,

accountants, and contractors before Paul Said accompanied

students on a site tour where they could see the gas production

in process – real chemistry in action!

2019 CCC town tour

To conclude our CCC class for this semester students visited two

local businesses to investigate careers in agriculture based in the

Timboon township itself. Cherolyn Bullen, from Bullen’s

Wholesale Nursery, described the history of the business and its

current structure, business model, produce and markets.

Cherolyn stressed the importance of good quality soil for the

potting mix and the business’ use of technology to pot plants and

in the greenhouse. The staff worked on keeping the plants

healthy and ready for market while keeping up with maintenance

and paying attention to detail to ensure that the best quality

plants were produced. Veterinarian, Peter Younis from The Vet

Group, hosted our students as they learnt about the variety of

careers that vets involved in their practice undertook such as

large and small animal vets, agricultural consultants, trainers,

international consultants and researchers. Pete described the

traits that he thought made good vets including empathy, ability

to collaborate, a good listener, being curious, good

communication skills, being adaptable and giving and stressed his

reliance on community participation and volunteerism when

choosing applicants for a role at The Vet Group. Students toured

the vet practice rooms including the surgery and xray facilities

and considered the variety of careers involved in the production

of the goods for sale in the practice’s foyer and front office. Who

knew?

Thanks to Murray Rhodes and Timboon Motors who shared this

Facebook post celebrating Milky's new look!

"Our master spray-painter and his apprentices were more than

happy to put the finishing touches on this masterpiece! Well done

to the Timboon P12 School Year 3/4 students on creating this

spectacular show piece! We look forward to continuing this

collaboration in the future" Thanks also to Martin's Timber and

Hardware who supplied the paints for our Picasso Cow and

especially to Christine Carter who re-tinted the sample pots that

were donated to the school for this project which resulted in

Milky's gorgeous coat. She looks brilliant!

Step up

As part of the TAP and to conclude the Year 7/8 ‘Have your say’

politics elective, we invited Corangamite Shire’s 2019 Citizen of

the Year, Donna Ellis, to challenge our students about ways that

they can be involved in their community. We opened up this

session to all Year 7/8 students who learnt that, according to the

Census, one in five people volunteer, that females are more likely

to volunteer than males and that there are distinct peaks; females

in their 40s, both sexes in their late teens and again in senior years

from 60-75 years for both sexes. Students debated the rationale

behind these statistics and discussed the various types of areas

people can volunteer in such as the environment, sport, aged

care, schools, fundraising, health, emergency services etc.

Students then nominated different examples of these volunteer

organisations, discussed why people in rural areas were more

likely to volunteer and discovered that it was a result of perhaps

a stronger sense of community and belonging. We hope that our

students will consider being more active contributors to their

community moving forward. Great Lesson, thanks Donna.

WINTER UNIFORM WEAR Hats, Baseball caps, Beanies

and Scarves. Available for purchase at the Caf

$15 each

CAF VOLUNTEERS ROSTER

START TIME: 11am – 2.15pm There will be a short break within this time period

CANTEEN ROSTER 2019 TERM 3 Week 2 (22nd – 26th July) Mon 22nd Tues 23rd Susan Van Rijthoven Wed 24th Bryan Ward Thurs 25th Rebecca Kuhl Fri 26th Tony Bird 12.30pm – 2:30pm Week 3 (29th July – 2nd August) Mon 29th Tues 30th Katrina Currell Wed 31st Nicole Uebergang Thurs 1st Linda Whiting Fri 2nd Bronwyn Lenehan 12.30pm – 2:30pm WEEK 4 (5th – 9th August) Mon 5th Peta Williams Tues 6th Beth Roberts Wed 7th Sheryn Vogels Thurs 8th Rachel Richardson Fri 9th Christie Berry 12.30pm – 2:30pm

FOR SALE Size 10 winter skirt $25 PHONE: Susan on 5598 3358

Timboon Sporting Complex Grand opening of the Gym

1st August 4pm – 8pm All welcome

Timboon P-12 School Family Science night.

Light supper

provided Guest speaker

Activities

If you wish to attend the Timboon P-12 School Family Science Night please complete this form and

return to your teacher, the Admin Office or a Science staff member by Monday 12th August.

Names of those attending ____________________

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Grade(s):__________________________________

There is collection point in our school office.